Option 1 — EV Load Impact & Managed Charging Assessment

What this answers: How much load are EVs likely to add to your distribution system — and where will it hit first?

This report quantifies projected EV adoption in your service territory using current ownership trends for alternative adoption scenarios. Load impact results are provided at the block level to identify which curcuits face the earliest stress and at what adoption threshold. Managed charging scenarios are evaluated to show how coordinated charging programs can defer or eliminate capital investment in transformer and feeder upgrades.

Delivered: EV adoption projections by scenario, baseline, EV, and managed charging block level load profiles, EV and managed charging load impact metrics, and a summary of avoided capital cost potential.

Best for: Cooperatives beginning to see member EV inquiries, planning capital budgets, or evaluating whether a managed charging program is worth the investment.

Option 2 — DSM & VPP Load Impact Analysis

Includes everything in Option 1.

What this answers: What is your cooperative's realistic demand response potential, and what does it mean for your peak costs?

This analysis extends the EV assessment to evaluate controllable load available through demand-side management programs targeting water heaters, central air conditioning, heat pumps and other systems along with battery based grid support. Results are expressed as achievable demand reduction at conservative, moderate, and aggressive participation scenarios and translated directly into estimated coincident peak charge savings based on your G&T rate structure.

A Virtual Power Plant (VPP) framing is included where applicable, showing how aggregated residential load control and behind the meter battery resources compare to traditional peaking resources in terms of cost per kW of demand reduction.

Delivered: Controllable load inventory estimate, DR potential by participation scenario, coincident peak savings in dollars per year, and VPP equivalency comparison.

Best for: Cooperatives with high coincident peak charges, limited DSM programs, and interest in understanding their demand response opportunity before committing to a vendor or program.

Option 3 — 2030 & 2035 Load Forecasts

Includes everything in Options 1 and 2.

What this answers: What will your system look like in five and ten years — and what decisions do you need to make now?

This extension adds a forward-looking load forecast through 2030 and 2035, incorporating EV adoption trajectories, heat pump electrification trends, and demographic growth projections specific to your service territory. Results are mapped to distribution infrastructure to identify which capital investments are time-sensitive and which can be deferred pending load development.

The forecast framework is designed to support long-term integrated resource planning submissions, board presentations, and USDA grant applications requiring a documented needs assessment.

Delivered: Annual peak load forecasts by scenario through 2035, infrastructure stress timeline by block group, and a narrative needs assessment suitable for grant and planning documentation.

Best for: Cooperatives with active capital planning cycles, grant applications in progress, or board-level discussions about long-term infrastructure investment.

Option 4 — DSM Vendor Evaluation & Business Case

Includes everything in Options 1, 2, and 3.

What this answers: Which DSM and demand response vendors fit your cooperative's scale and situation — and does the business case meet your requirements?

This is the complete decision-support deliverable. Building on the load impact and forecast analysis, this report evaluates turnkey DSM and demand response vendors serving cooperatives at your scale. Vendors are assessed on program model, minimum participation requirements, per-device and per-customer cost structures, member-facing program design, and compatibility with existing metering and billing infrastructure.

Results are integrated into a full business case showing estimated program costs at each participation level against projected coincident peak savings, yielding a payback period and five-year net benefit estimate for each vendor option.

Delivered: Vendor comparison matrix, program cost estimates by participation scenario, coincident peak savings versus cost analysis, payback period by vendor option, and five-year net benefit summary.

Best for: Cooperatives ready to make a board-level recommendation on a DSM or demand response program and needing a complete, defensible analysis to support that decision.