Energy

This is a time of fundamental change. It’s not simply an issue of new supply choices, or reduced demand, or commodity volatility, or new technology, or regulatory uncertainty.  All are changing at the same time. There are challenges, but also great rewards for those who improve and innovate. 

We help our clients understand these complexities, and develop and implement strategies and near-term changes that position them for long term success.

  • Corporate strategy
  • Business unit strategy and business model innovation — including regulated electric and gas, retail, transmission, generation, non-regulated ventures and suppliers to the industry
  • M&A — corporate and asset transactions — strategy, diligence, integration, regulatory support
  • Solution and technology development (including retail solutions, smart grid, electric and natural gas transportation, and solar)
  • Operational performance improvement
  • Organizational design, development and performance management
  • Customer, community and regulatory engagement
  • Sustainability

Demand Growth: Realizing the Potential of Distributed Energy

Bob Zabors, Manisha Shah, and John McNeel from the Energy Practice Group discuss drivers behind the renewed interest around Distributed Energy. Download a PDF of the Presentation . More | PDF

TAGS: Customer (Market) Insights, Growth Strategies (Profitable Growth), Solutions Creation, Delivery, End Use Solutions, Strategy, Gas, Regulatory Relations

One Plan Many Pieces

In these days of rising costs and higher expectations for all stakeholders, many companies are increasing their focus on strategic planning. More | PDF

TAGS: Business Planning, Strategy, Operational Design and Performance Improvement, Regulatory Relations

One Plan Many Pieces

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Will electricity demand ever emerge from the darkness of its current no-growth tunnel? That question has confounded utility executives since the 2008-2009 recession pushed electricity demand growth into negative territory—breaking a string of steady, if not spectacular, growth that began with the end of World War II. More

TAGS: Growth Strategies (Profitable Growth), End Use Solutions, Strategy, Solar

Designing a Purpose-Built Business to Win in the Retail Energy SMB Market

The deregulated Retail Energy market is a relatively young segment of the broader Energy industry, and one that continues to provide significant opportunities for Retail Energy Providers (REPs). More

TAGS: Customer (Market) Insights, Growth Strategies (Profitable Growth), Business Planning, New Market Entry, Brand Experience, Channel Management, Marketing Resource Management, Operations Architecture, Outsourcing, Strategy

More and More Mergers

Bob Zabors, Director of the Energy Practice Group, shares his outlook on M&A activity in the US utility industry in the July/August issue of the Edison Electric Institute's Electric Perspectives. More | PDF

TAGS: M&A Support, Strategy

More and More Mergers

Powering the Future: Energy at a Crossroads

The energy sector is at a crossroads, and tomorrow's consultants will need new skillsets to deal with the challenges that await them and their clients. More | PDF

TAGS: Customer (Market) Insights, Growth Strategies (Profitable Growth), Business Planning, Supply, Delivery, Customer Operations, End Use Solutions, Strategy, Smart Grid, Electric Vehicles (EV), Regulatory Relations

Leadership and Learning

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. " This often-quoted statement is taken from the speech that President John F. Kennedy was prepared to deliver on the day he was assassinated. More | PDF

TAGS: Strategy, Operational Design and Performance Improvement

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