Embrace the Shift with Customized Electrification Strategies
Helping airports, ports and transportation agencies transform their energy use for a cleaner future.
From electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure planning to building and vehicle electrification and stakeholder outreach and operations management, TRC is helping transportation leaders plan and implement long-term energy transition strategies that benefit their customers, community and environment.
Our tested practitioners help plan, operationalize and optimize electrification investments for our clients. We provide integrated planning, demand flexibility and energy management solutions needed to address energy constraints and reality checks on the timing of achievable plans.
Our solutions focus on large energy-use clients who have made significant public commitments and organizational investments toward their sustainability, electrification and decarbonization goals.
Adapt to Change With Our Energy Transition Expertise
As your energy transition consulting partner, TRC leverages the expertise of our 8,000+ staff nationwide to deliver unique technical and engineering resolutions for complex energy, infrastructure and construction management challenges. In supporting the transportation sector:
- We provide a realistic and actionable order of operations to maximize electrification and decarbonization benefits and optimize your investments.
- We “speak” utility, energy and emerging technologies to support forecasting energy demand, developing appropriate technology and vendor standards and utility partners.
- We deliver customized and scalable consulting solutions. There is no one solution for everything — your needs are unique, and we pair that with the latest user experiences, technology readiness and overall market reality check to inform your investments.
- We are results-oriented and take a pragmatic approach to our clients’ needs.
Comprehensive Energy Transition Solutions
TRC’s Energy Transition Solutions team includes industry experts with decades of experience delivering results for the transportation sector. Our technical solutions include:
- Scaling and optimizing EV charging infrastructure
- Building and fleet electrification
- Alternative fuels feasibility studies (green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), etc.)
- Integrated planning and data management
- Net zero planning/project management office (PMO) support
- Holistic energy demand forecasting with actionable scenario planning in the context of available capacity
- Technology roadmaps, standards development
- Microgrid and integrated distributed energy resources (DER) feasibility studies — pilot testing new applications
- Digital integration: IT/OT and cybersecurity
- Grant funding expertise with a 90% success rate, securing over $2 billion in funding for transportation-focused projects.
Featured Projects
Learn more about our energy transition solutions for clients like you.
Massachusetts Ports Authority (Massport)
Since 2021, TRC has supported the Massachusetts Ports Authority (Massport) in its ambitious transition to a clean and sustainable energy future. We provide Massport with end-to-end solutions, from strategy and energy planning to project implementation and operations management.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
In 2020, our scope of work with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transport Authority was expanded to include climate and resiliency solutions, supporting Metro’s goals to improve air quality, protect resources, reduce waste, and create connected communities in LA.
Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)
In 2024, TRC was awarded a multiyear contract to develop the MassDOT Climate Program Management Office. We will develop a master project management plan that will outline the comprehensive strategies, methodologies and actions required to implement and track progress toward their climate goals.
Achieve New Possibilities With Energy Transition Solutions From TRC
Whether you’re a large energy user with ambitious sustainability goals or a transportation sector leader facing electrification hurdles, TRC has the technical depth and strategic insight to guide your journey. Contact us today to schedule a consultation with our energy transition experts.
Sharing Our Perspectives
Our practitioners share their insights and perspectives on the trends and challenges shaping the market.
Download Whitepaper: 10 Years of Insights for Clean Community Microgrids
March 1, 2023
Clean, community microgrids represent a promising and timely opportunity for you to advance your customer offering and deliver meaningful societal benefits, all while modernizing your grid and providing you with load flexibility.
Start Your Batteries: Mass Fleet Electrification is Coming (And What We Can do to Prepare)
April 13, 2022
As we plan for and make early investments for fleets, we’ll be paving the way for higher degrees of market penetration of passenger vehicles and other modes of transportation as well.
Ensuring a Just Transition: Optimizing Opportunities for All in the Low-Carbon Future
January 24, 2022
Carbon elimination of the magnitude needed to address climate change requires systems-level change that can only be reached by incremental, ground-up progress, building upon what we have achieved thus far.
10 Takeaways from the COP26 Climate Meeting
November 17, 2021
There are compelling reasons to be optimistic about the outcomes of the COP26 meeting. Notably, agreement among all nations that more needs to be done, by both private and governmental bodies, to contain and mitigate climate change.
Amplifying the Next Phase of Fleet Electrification: The Pickup
September 30, 2021
TRC’s analysis for one client fleet shows that even a $70,000 EV can compete on cost with a comparable gas-hybrid vehicle priced at $40,000 – at least in California where upfront and ongoing incentives stack up quickly.
TRC Acquires New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program Contract and Assumes Program Administrator Role
January 17, 2021
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ and LOWELL, MA. – Jan. 17, 2017 – TRC Companies Inc., a recognized leader in engineering, environmental consulting and construction-management services, today announced it has acquired the contract to serve as Program Administrator of New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program™ (NJCEP), which has provided more than $300 million annually in support to homeowners, businesses…