Brattle’s Retail Energy team has extensive experience developing benefit-cost analyses for next generation investments in smart grid, system reliability and resilience, and overall grid modernization, as well as for investments at the distribution system edge, such as electrification opportunities. We have also worked extensively on assessing business and financial models applicable to the evolving electricity market ecosystem, and are at the forefront of marginal cost and benefit analyses that are becoming increasingly important in determining efficient and equitable pricing constructs and incentives for DER compensation. Our expertise is grounded in foundational principles of economics and finance, in order to better align load forecasting, rate design, and risk management with industry trends and developments.