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wholesale and retail electric, natural gas, water

Tariff Experts

Energy Tariff Experts (ETE) is a specialized consulting firm focused on wholesale and retail electric, natural gas, and water tariffs. We have deep expertise in rate design, retail tariff structures, DER economics, modeling, and end user utility costs. Our services include consulting, modeling, and provision of utility rate related datasets.

 
 
 
 

What We Do

ETE works directly with sophisticated end use customers or as a partner to other firms that need access to deep expertise related to utility rates. ETE has partnered with consulting and engineering firms, retail energy suppliers, investors, and legal professionals to bolster their capabilities related to modeling and understanding economic outcomes driven by utility rates and related variables.

 

Our Services

Cost Feasibility Study Energy Tariff Experts

Cost Feasibility Studies

ETE conducts economic feasibility studies for solar, energy storage, cogeneration, and a variety of other retail DER technologies. We use customer interval data, applicable rate tariffs, and modeled DER performance to build project pro-formas and calculate paybacks or other financial metrics.

Tariff Optimization and Bill Audit Energy Tariff Experts

Tariff Optimization & Bill Audit

ETE uses its library of North American utility tariffs and its experience in every state to conduct tariff optimization and bill audits for multi-site enterprise customers. Our expert knowledge of rate eligibility criteria and experience working with utilities allows us to efficiently switch customer rates and resolve billing problems. We typically offer this service as a channel partner to energy consulting firms.

Custom Data Files Energy Tariff Experts

Custom Data Files

Some of our clients require custom data feeds for ingestion into internal systems or to drop into existing reporting templates. We work with customers to define their needs and devise a data product and structure that ensures accuracy, auditability, and proper cadence of updates.

Expert Witness Energy Tariff Experts Jim Bride

Expert Witness

ETE’s principal Jim Bride is an experienced expert witness in contested utility commission proceedings and legal disputes. His expertise is focused on rate design, cost causation, cost of service, DERs, and grid parity cost studies for onsite generation.

Regulatory Affairs Support Energy Tariff Experts

Regulatory Affairs Support

ETE can support busy regulatory affairs staff and legal professionals with research, memos, presentations, or other materials to climb the learning curve as quickly as possible.

Regulatory Research and Benchmarking Energy Tariff Experts

Regulatory Research & Benchmarking

ETE is commonly retained to perform multi-jurisdictional benchmarking of utility rates or regulatory treatment of specific DER technologies. Our utility rate library, subscriptions to industry data feeds and publications, as well as our familiarity with most state utility commissions allows us to efficiently deliver excellent benchmarking reports throughout North America.

SME Support Product Manager Energy Tariff Experts

SME Support to Product Managers

ETE has worked with product managers as an SME to help refine product requirements related to energy costs and support engineering staff with technical expertise to assist in implementation.

 

6+

YEARS IN BUSINESS

ETE was founded to address challenges related to rates.

 

30+

Years OF ENERGY EXPERIENCE

ETE team members collectively have over 30 years of industry experience.

 
 

400+

PROJECTS COMPLETED

ETE has completed hundreds of projects and logged seven figures in revenue since its inception.

 

ETE is active in energy industry organizationS

ETE is a member of the Northeast Clean Energy Council, TEPA, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, NY-BEST, and is a sponsor of the The New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.