Energy Analysis, Forecasting, and Utility Consulting Support
Jackson Associates (JA) provides analysis and consulting support using MAISY customer databases, hourly load data, forecasting models, and utility planning tools. Consulting applications include utility load forecasting, energy technology analysis, DSM and DER planning, EV and electrification analysis, market assessment, customer segmentation, and strategic energy market support.
- Utility energy and hourly load forecasting
- EV, electrification, DSM, DER, and VPP analysis
- Technology market sizing and product development support
- Energy sales, customer targeting, and market-entry analysis
- Hourly load data development for rate, cost-of-service, and planning studies
Newest Consulting Application: Grid Impact Model Planning Support
The Grid Impact Model (GIM) is Jackson Associates' newest utility planning and consulting application. GIM applies MAISY hourly load intelligence and AI-assisted customer digital twins to forecast localized impacts from EV adoption, electrification, customer growth, extreme weather, DSM, DER, and virtual power plant strategies.
For electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, investor-owned utilities, G&T cooperatives, engineering consultants, and utility program teams, GIM consulting support can help identify localized transformer and feeder risks, quantify managed charging and DSM mitigation potential, support non-wires alternatives screening, and produce 8,760 hourly load profiles for engineering studies and power-flow analysis.
New Technology Product Development, Market Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Strategy
JA has analyzed potential markets and estimated market potential and sales for technologies in detailed geographic and customer-specific market segments for more than two dozen companies. This new technology analysis includes product design analysis to evaluate tradeoffs in product features, market potential, and forecast sales. Technology applications include fuel cells, combined heat and power systems, flywheel systems, solar systems, battery storage, EVs, microgrids, and other customer-side technologies.
Energy Sales, Energy Services Market Potential, Product Design, and Target Marketing
Jackson Associates has worked closely with retail energy providers and energy service companies to determine market potential, estimated sales, and customer and market-segment profitability. JA has developed statistical customer profitability models and applied these models to identify high-value individual customer sales contacts and market segments.
This work has supported market strategies in Texas, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, other deregulated states, and Canadian provinces.
Energy Use and Hourly Load Forecasts
Jackson Associates provides energy use and hourly load forecasts for regulated and deregulated energy companies. Newer-generation agent-based models reflect details with respect to technology choices, program incentive impacts, customer characteristics, and geographic variation.
These forecasting methods support utility planning, DSM and DER analysis, EV and electrification impact studies, rate analysis, technology market studies, and customer-level load profile development.
Energy Efficiency, Demand Response, and Green Power Program Analysis
Cost-effective conservation, demand response, and green power programs require information on technology characteristics, program potential, customer response, participation likelihood, and hourly load impacts. Jackson Associates has assisted utilities and government agencies in comprehensive assessments of these programs.
JA analysis has supported utility investment decisions and program designs involving conservation, demand response, load shifting, customer incentives, and energy technology adoption.
Market Entry Analysis
Deregulated markets across the United States and Canada provide market opportunities for retail energy providers, energy service companies, and other firms. Jackson Associates has assisted companies in assessing market potential in new markets with quantitative assessments of market size, profitability, customer acquisition, and customer targeting.
Distributed Energy Resources Analysis and Strategy Development
DER analysis projects evaluate combined heat and power, micro-CHP, solar, fuel cells, battery storage, EVs, and related technologies. MAISY Utility Customer and Hourly Load Databases are used to develop scenario analyses that identify DER impacts under alternative natural gas prices, utility rate structures, customer characteristics, utility programs, and other factors.
Hourly Load Data Development Projects
Hourly load data development projects provide hourly load characteristics for individual customers, market segments, rate classes, and other customer categories within individual utilities. These data support rate structure analysis, cost-of-service analysis, strategic pricing, utility planning, technology analysis, and customer program design.
Additional Analysis Services
Market Analysis Projects include market segmentation, customer profitability analysis, profit scoring, market sizing, customer profiling, market potential, and related analysis that help define and characterize markets and customers.
Technology Analysis applies MAISY customer information to provide insight and analysis on technologies ranging from distributed generation and storage to power quality and customer-side load control.
ESCO Potential Analysis applies MAISY and other customer information to evaluate detailed conservation potentials and identify target markets for energy service companies.
MAISY Analysis and Consulting FAQ
What types of consulting does Jackson Associates provide?
Jackson Associates provides utility forecasting, hourly load analysis, energy market analysis, technology market assessment, customer segmentation, DSM/DER analysis, and Grid Impact Model planning support.
How are MAISY databases used in consulting projects?
MAISY databases provide customer-level energy use, hourly load, building, technology, and demographic information that support forecasting, market assessment, utility planning, and technology analysis.
How does the Grid Impact Model extend MAISY consulting applications?
The Grid Impact Model applies MAISY hourly load intelligence and customer digital twin methods to localized utility distribution planning, EV load forecasting, transformer and feeder risk identification, DSM/VPP mitigation analysis, and non-wires alternatives screening.
Who uses MAISY analysis and consulting services?
Clients include electric utilities, energy agencies, technology companies, energy service companies, retail energy providers, consultants, investors, and other organizations evaluating energy markets, technologies, and utility planning needs.