Practice Areas: Energy Industry
Energy Transmission and Distribution
The transformation of the nation's electric transmission grid from its original "farm-to-market" design into an "interstate highway" structure continues to present strategic, technical, regulatory and financial challenges to the industry. Companies must wrestle with issues ranging from market structures to logistical implementation constraints. Industry leaders struggle to find the right set of policies, regulations, economic structures and incentives to assure electric system reliability and spur investments needed to handle increased levels of electricity demand. Market forces create added pressures and new technologies offer promising benefits. The energy transmission business has never before experienced such a complex and high-stakes set of challenges.
ScottMadden has worked with independent energy transmission companies, regional energy transmission organizations, independent system operators, and vertically integrated utility companies to provide:
- Strategy—We can create, launch and operate new energy transmission businesses, including independent energy transmission companies and regional energy transmission organizations.
- Business Planning—We can prepare, implement and manage changes to control grid operations, including new operating rules and wholesale energy market structures.
- Asset Management—We can analyze, develop and implement approaches to optimize asset performance, including capital planning, budgeting and project management.
- Rates and Finance Strategy—We can develop innovative financial and regulatory strategies, including support for FERC filings, rate cases and other proceedings.