Public power utilities serve their communities best when they plan with precision.
Public power and community-owned utilities are directly accountable to the ratepayers and communities they serve — with governing boards that expect capital investment decisions to be defensible and cost-effective. IA's analytics suite is deployed at major public power organizations including SMUD, SRP, OPPD, Seattle City Light, and Nashville Electric Service, helping them apply the same analytical rigor as the largest IOUs to distribution planning, DSM program design, and DER integration.
Get in touchThe questions IA analytics helps you answer
Community accountability for capital decisions
Public power governing boards and the communities they represent expect clear, quantified justification for infrastructure investment decisions. Analytical documentation is not optional.
Rapid load growth in high-growth communities
Many community-owned utilities serve fast-growing metropolitan areas where EV adoption, new construction, and electrification are concentrating load growth on specific feeders faster than traditional planning cycles can track.
Ambitious clean energy goals
Community-owned utilities often have more aggressive clean energy commitments than IOUs — requiring detailed DER integration planning, not just high-level targets.
DSM program cost-effectiveness
Public power utilities need the same rigorous, defensible DSM cost-effectiveness analysis as regulated IOUs — both to optimize program investment and to demonstrate value to governing boards.
Tools designed for your challenges
IA’s analytics suite addresses the full planning cycle — from long-range load forecasting through DSM program valuation to real-time DER dispatch optimization.
LoadSEER
Geospatial distribution load forecasting — deployed at SMUD, SRP, OPPD, Seattle City Light, Nashville Electric Service, and others.
DSMore
DSM portfolio cost-effectiveness analysis — produces board-ready documentation that demonstrates program value with full audit trails.
IDROP
Real-time DER dispatch optimization — helps community utilities maximize the value of their DER programs and defer infrastructure investment.