Retail Rate Consulting

Feel confident that end users can get the power they need for an affordable price

Deploy innovative, targeted strategies to achieve just and reasonable retail rates

Aggressive ratemaking helps you navigate the nonstop evolution of retail power markets

Apply our unmatched flexibility and consultative approach to retail ratemaking. The GDS team delivers broad expertise in all areas of retail ratemaking and regulatory strategy.

Resource planning expertise includes:

Retail rates

Distributed generation

Interconnection and net metering

Expert testimony

Time of use and innovative rate design

Line extensions

Unbundled cost of service analysis

Competitive pricing strategies

Demand-side management analysis

Traditional retail rate design

Load forecasting

Policy development

Marginal cost analysis

Financial forecasting

Depreciation rates

Revenue requirements

Accounting & tax expertise

Cost of capital analysis

Merger, acquisition, and valuation studies

Adaptive solutions for modern energy economics

Recover fixed costs in a constantly fluctuating energy environment. GDS ratemaking strategies account for consumption patterns, emerging technologies, and load data.

Utilize innovative pricing designs

From time-of-use to critical peak pricing and other dynamic pricing arrangements, the GDS rates and regulatory team develops unique strategies to help you recover costs.

Technical expert services for all aspects of a rate case

Expansive accounting, regulatory ratemaking, economics, finance, and engineering expertise to support a broad range of regulatory needs.

Setting retail rates doesn’t have to be a struggle

In today’s energy landscape, a variety of novel and rapidly changing factors influence utilities’ ability to recoup costs. From smart devices to EVs and battery storage technologies, consumer choices have a major impact on overall energy use. The GDS team helps utilities devise creative and forward-thinking ratemaking strategies that ensure cost recovery while keeping power affordable for member-owners or customers.

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