• Public Service Company of New Mexico Integrated Resource Planning

    PNM recently undertook an integrated resource planning process for the first time. The process was the focus of keen interest for many stakeholders. Read more

  • Valuing Demand Response for the International Energy Agency in a Resource Planning Study

    To date, most frameworks for assessing Demand Response Resources (DRR) have been retrospective in nature, i.e., they value load management events that have occurred in the past and do not take into account the role DRR can play in longer-term resource portfolio planning. In order to put a value on all of the benefits of DRR, it needs to be looked at with a comprehensive view using resource planning methods, which can account for the major and unique benefits that DRR can provide and answer the basic questions inherent in determining the appropriate role of DRR in long-term planning. Read more

  • Overseeing Competitively Bid Resource Solicitations

    Utilities operating in restructured energy markets conduct regular competitive solicitations for new generating resources to meet forecasted loads. Regulators overseeing these solicitations require independent, third-party evaluators to monitor the solicitations, provide independent assessments of the processes and proposals received, and ensure that the solicitations are conducted fairly and that the best products are acquired. Read more