E3 provides expert analysis on key issues facing electricity industry clients. E3 frequently works on high-profile, high impact projects, from shaping industry regulation and planning in the State of California, to advising a team of utility CEOs on transmission planning.
Clients call on E3 when they need rigorous analysis that withstands the test of third-party review and regulatory scrutiny. E3 partners frequently act as expert witnesses in regulatory proceedings and litigation. The rigor and quality of E3’s analysis is demonstrated by our extensive publication in scholarly journals such as Energy Policy, The Energy Journal, Energy-The International Journal, Resource and Energy Economics, Energy Economics, Electricity Journal, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Managerial and Decision Economics, and the Journal of Regulatory Economics.
E3 has over the last decade become a recognized pioneer in the evaluation and development of clean, decarbonized energy plans that include achievable levels of demand-side resources, as well as feasible levels of renewable energy and cogeneration.
In the rapidly evolving and complex electricity marketplace, clients who are new to the industry benefit from E3’s insight and guidance translating regulatory and economic complexity into market potential and strategy.
E3 helped BC Hydro develop a suite of new conservation-focused rate designs. The large general service rate uses a 2-part design with a customer baseline to mitigate bill impacts while providing a marginal-cost based pricing signal. E3 provided comprehensive assistance and analyses to support development of the rate, from surveying other North American rates, to performing cluster analysis to develop customer segmentation, to calculating bill impacts and conservation effects under alternative designs.
