Independent energy services consulting firm -- electric, natural and water industries
La Capra Associates is an independent consulting firm which has specialized in the electric, natural gas and water industries for more than 25 years. Our expertise includes power systems planning, transmission planning and studies, load forecasting, reliability assessments, ratemaking and rate design, market policy and analysis (wholesale, retail, and renewable), power procurement and portfolio management, economic/financial analysis of energy assets and contracts, and regulatory policy.
Our firm provides services to a broad range of organizations involved with energy markets, including public and private utilities, energy producers and traders, financial institutions and investors, consumers, regulatory agencies, and public policy and energy research organizations.
La Capra Associates has a team of renewable energy experts with in-depth knowledge of renewable energy policy, markets and projects, and a well-established practice in procurement, hedging & risk management, and portfolio management. Our firm also provides wholesale market analysis and forecasts to public and private sector decision makers, including forecast market prices, congestion costs, transmission losses, emissions impacts, and unit dispatch and production costs.
We have a national practice with experience in a broad range of regulated and competitive market environments, as well as proficiency with energy sector policy in developing countries.
Keywords: Expert Witnesses, Energy Regulatory Strategists, Renewable Energy Markets, Market Analysis and Power System Simulation Modeling, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiatives (RGGI) Knowledge, Decoupling and Rate Design, Integrated Resource Planning