Services provided by Synapse include economic and technical analyses, regulatory support, research and report writing, policy analysis and development, representation in stakeholder committees, facilitation, trainings, development of analytical tools, and expert witness services. Our core areas of expertise include the following:
Efficiency and Demand Response
Electric System and Economic Modeling
Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation
Resource Planning
- Integrated Resource Planning (IRP)
- Energy Future Scenario Analysis
- Electric System Reliability
- Power Plant Costs and Performance
- Coal Power
- Nuclear Power
- Demand Forecasting
- Avoided Costs
- Portfolio Management, Generation Supply Planning, and Procurement
- Gas Supply Planning
Energy Efficiency and Demand Response
- Regulatory Policies Supporting Energy Efficiency
- Efficiency Programs in Resource Planning
- Cost-Effectiveness Screening
- Efficiency Program Design
- Avoided Costs
- Efficiency Potential Studies
- Rate and Bill Impact Analyses
- Efficiency Program Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification (EM&V)
- Economic and Job Impacts
- Demand Response and System Planning
Energy Storage
- Behind-the-meter storage
- Front-of-the-meter storage
- Storage in energy markets
- Vehicle-to-grid applications
- Storage ecosystem
- Storage economics
- Emerging technologies
Utility Regulation
- Rate Cases
- Alternative Ratemaking
- Prudence, Used and Useful
- Retail Markets
Electric System and Economic Modeling
- Electric System Modeling
- Economic Modeling
Environment and Climate
- Environmental Regulations and Policy
- Carbon Emissions and Climate Policy
- Displaced Emissions
Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation
- Renewable Resources
- Distributed Generation
- Net Metering
Energy and Capacity Markets
- Wholesale Electricity Markets, ISOs, and RTOs
- Price Forecasting and Market Analysis
- Generating Asset Valuation
- Market Power and Mergers
Transmission and Distribution
- Transmission Planning and Siting
- Distribution Systems
Transportation
- Transportation Electrification
- Fuel Economy Standards
- Urban Transportation
- Vehicle-to-Grid Technology
Future of Natural Gas
- Building Decarbonization
- Future of Gas
Energy Justice
- Access to Energy
- Energy Affordability
- Health and Environmental Consequences of Energy
- Just Transition and Labor
- Civic Agency and Energy Democracy
