Helping customers adapt to new possibilities with strategic, actionable solutions.
Our integrated services in advanced analytics, AI-driven forecasting, distributed energy resources (DERs), battery storage and flexible grid solutions help clients proactively manage risk, optimize investments and create a resilient, affordable, and sustainable energy future.
Energizing the Shift Through A Resilient, Customer-Centric Approach
The energy sector is undergoing rapid transformation, with increasing pressure for capacity, reliability, affordability and sustainability. Customer expectations for grid resilience have never been higher, yet reliability is deteriorating due to more frequent extreme weather events, aging infrastructure and emerging cybersecurity threats. At the same time, affordability concerns are rising, with regulators disallowing nearly 30% of electric sector spending in 2024, a dramatic increase over the past four years. While sustainability efforts have advanced greenhouse gas reduction, they have often come at a steep cost to consumers.
These challenges are compounded by the continuingly shifting modern grid landscape. No longer a collection of isolated systems, utilities and energy companies are planning around an interconnected ecosystem where every decision has cascading impacts. In the past, utility departments often operated in silos, with limited dependencies across functions. Today, the rise of distributed energy resources, bi-directional power flows, grid capacity constraints, and shifting customer expectations have fundamentally changed that landscape. IT, OT, and planning systems must now work in concert to maintain reliability, resilience, and affordability. These growing interdependencies require a new, integrated approach—one that aligns strategy, operations, and investments across the entire utility enterprise.
TRC’s Integrated Planning and Advisory services help utilities navigate and adapt to these complexities with confidence.
Plan for a Smarter, More Resilient Energy Future with Our Integrated Solutions
TRC’s tested practitioners unify planning, asset management, resiliency and regulatory compliance to help you lead in a complex and changing energy landscape. From strategic planning to grid operations and market readiness, we connect every piece of the roadmap to drive measurable outcomes and meet tomorrow’s energy demands- today.
Strategy and Planning
We partner with utilities and energy companies to develop multi-year roadmaps that modernize the grid and drive long-term resilience.
- Interconnection Solutions: TRC tackles data center interconnection challenges, including backlogs and load modeling, to ensure timely and cost-effective utility connections. Given that the International Energy Agency projects data centers could consume 4% of global electricity by 2030, our strategies help you stay ahead of these growing demands.
- Resiliency Planning: We address emerging threats—wildfires, physical cyber, and climate-related risks—through targeted mitigation strategies and infrastructure investments. With severe weather events costing billions annually in the U.S., our practitioners equip you to minimize disruptions and protect revenue streams.
- Flexible Resource Planning: We integrate distributed energy resources (DER) and employ probabilistic planning to future-proof your operations. As the National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates renewables could supply up to 80% of U.S. electricity by 2050, TRC ensures you’re well-positioned to harness cleaner and more flexible energy sources.
Regulatory Guidance
We align resiliency planning with regulatory strategy – helping clients justify investments, secure funding and structure rates that support a reliable, affordable and modern grid.
- Rate Case Development: We develop rigorous cost-benefit analyses and persuasive justifications, positioning you for favorable regulatory outcomes that support the necessary grid investments.
- Grant Strategy and Authorship: Our experts pinpoint and help secure grants for modernization, innovation and system enhancements—ensuring you don’t leave valuable funding on the table.
- Customer Rate Setting: We focus on transparent, flexible pricing structures that balance affordability with the investments needed for a resilient, sustainable grid. This approach enhances customer satisfaction and trust in your utility programs.
Asset Management and Optimization
We help utilities shift from reactive to proactive investment approach, focusing on asset health to ensure reliability and maximize capital efficiency.
Grid Operations Transformation
Our experts enhance real-time grid operations by integrating operational intelligence and advanced energy solutions.
- Operational Efficiency Analysis: Using AI-driven forecasting and advanced analytics, we reveal areas for immediate improvements, helping you save on operational costs. Studies show predictive analytics can save utilities millions of dollars annually.
- Storm and Disaster Response: We design comprehensive storm and disaster response processes, incorporating microgrids and DER-enabled restoration to minimize outages. For example, data center downtime costing over $5,000 per minute, our solutions significantly reduce financial risks.
- Demand Response and Load Flexibility: Our AI-driven programs dynamically shift demand to reduce peak loads, helping you cut costs and better manage grid stress. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission data suggests demand response alone could lower peak demand by as much as 10% nationwide by 2030.
Sustainability and Energy Efficiency
We align grid modernization efforts with net-zero and carbon reduction goals by integrating renewable energy, demand-side solutions and advanced efficiency measures.
- Battery Storage and Distributed Energy Integration: We design and implement storage solutions that increase grid flexibility and facilitate higher penetration of renewable energy. This is critical as U.S. storage capacity could exceed 30 GW by 2025.
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) for Data Centers: We help data center operators adopt advanced cooling, load balancing, and on-site renewables. Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory research shows next-gen strategies can reduce data center energy use by up to 40%.
- Electrification and Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs): We integrate smart building technologies, EV charging, and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems into your operations. Widespread GEB adoption could save Utilities in energy and carbon waste as well as offer flexible loads to the grid.
Energy Markets and Pricing
Our market and pricing strategies enable clients to thrive amid evolving energy dynamics.
- Energy Pricing and Congestion Modeling: We deploy real-time pricing models and specialized congestion analytics to minimize cost volatility and improve market performance. In competitive markets, well-crafted congestion modeling can significantly reduce clearing prices.
- Generation Availability and Strategic Replacement Planning: Our experts identify opportunities for hybrid resources (e.g., solar-plus-storage) that can cost-effectively replace aging assets. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a substantial portion of coal-fired capacity may retire by 2035, highlighting the need for viable replacements.
- Demand Response and Dynamic Rate Structures: We design market-responsive tariffs that encourage consumers to adapt usage patterns, often reducing peak demand by 5–15%. This translates into lower operational costs and increased grid reliability.
