Expertise
Expertise at the Intersection of Power Markets, Regulation, and Commercial Strategy
Gridwell helps energy companies understand how changing market rules, reliability requirements, and regulatory decisions affect assets, investments, contracts, and business strategy across Western power markets.
Our work combines ongoing market intelligence, detailed regulatory analysis, commercial judgment, and direct participation in the proceedings shaping the industry. We support clients through subscription services, focused analytical projects, and deeply integrated strategic advisory engagements.
Resource Adequacy and Reliability
Gridwell advises clients on capacity markets, reliability requirements, resource accreditation, procurement obligations, and the commercial value of generation and storage.
Our work includes RA forecasting, UCAP validation and forecasting, export RA contract development, RA contract strategy and negotiations, and regional reliability program development and analysis.
Wholesale Markets and Regulatory Strategy
We evaluate how market rules and regulatory decisions affect prices, resource revenues, costs, contracts, and market participation.
Our expertise includes CAISO and Western market design, EDAM, price formation, market power mitigation, settlements, storage participation, intertie issues, and stakeholder advocacy.
Asset and Transaction Advisory
Gridwell helps asset owners, investors, developers, and commercial teams evaluate regulatory and market risks affecting energy assets and transactions.
Our work includes acquisition diligence, RA valuation, revenue outlooks, retirement and retention risk, contract exposure, interconnection, deliverability, and investment-assumption review.