Energy and utilities

Perspectives on Nordic energy markets

Explore the latest trends and the insights in the energy market
Accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles

Go behind the scenes to explore the makings of our chargepoint design
PR24: Shaping and preparing for the price control

A window into how the water industry is approaching PR24

We work with you to anticipate the future, champion innovation, and unlock new potential in energy and utilities markets.

Whether you are a utility business or an energy company, a policy-maker or a regulator, a power producer or an investor, we use our deep industry knowledge to help you achieve exceptional results.

We bring together teams with the global insight and local expertise to address your challenges and help you achieve your goals.

Here’s what we can help you do:

Enhance shareholder value
So you can attract the investment you need to the future
Capitalise on technology and innovation
And use digital and mobile technology to meet customers’ changing expectations
Navigate market and regulatory uncertainty
We’ll help you steer clear of dangers and spot the best opportunities ahead
Make the right investment decisions
Even when shifts in policy and regulation make the future hard to read
Improve performance
Because competitiveness is the key to maintaining revenues and profitability
Retain and develop your talent
So you have the people you need to achieve your strategic goals

Capabilities

Corporate finance and restructuring

Customer experience

Digital utility

Energy infrastructure investment

Expert witness testimony and litigation

Grid modernisation

Market entry strategy

Policy, rates and regulation

Utility assets and operational technology

Sectors

Clean energy

Electric and power

Hydropower

Natural gas

Nuclear

Water

Services

Data quality index

Portfolio decision-making

iPredict™

Reliability analysis

Clients we’ve helped

Office for Zero Emission Vehicles

Using the power of design to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission road transport

Ending the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030 is key to the UK government’s plans to address the climate emergency. Yet motorists’ concerns about being able to charge electric vehicles (EVs) easily is a barrier to this policy. To answer those...

Vestas

Driving clean energy innovation with new ways of working

Vestas’ R&D division develops sophisticated software to control the giant wind turbines built and installed by the company. We worked with Vestas to roll out agile development processes across the division and kick start a wider agile...

AMP Capital

Accelerating electric bus deployment to reduce carbon emissions in Latin America

We enabled AMP Capital to accelerate electric bus deployment and reduce carbon emissions in Latin America

Insights from our experts

Battery storage costs rise more than 20% in New York, as state forges ahead with 6 GW goal

Insight / 12 April 2022

Dan Finn-Foley, energy storage expert at PA Consulting, discusses New York’s 2030 storage goal and battery storage costs.

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Combined sewer overflows: growing awareness, growing problem

Insight / 6 April 2022

PA's Ted Hopcroft and Jack Harris, water experts, look at the data behind CSO issues and the possible solutions water companies can explore to reduce their use.

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California sprints to install batteries but can’t find parts

Insight / 30 March 2022

Dan Finn-Foley, energy storage expert at PA Consulting, explains how supply chain constraints are impacting California’s race to add batteries to its electric grid.

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Gas crisis, price crisis, climate crisis

Insight / 21 March 2022

PA Consulting’s energy experts, Liz Parminter and Amy Marshall, talk to Utility Week in response to the energy price crisis and how this could be a catalyst for the energy transition.

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