Riley Prescott
Senior advisor - Load forecasting and market impacts
Power Markets & Regulatory Strategy
Power markets are evolving faster than ever. Electrification, energy policies, new regulations and shifting price dynamics are reshaping how energy is produced, delivered and consumed. Organizations now face decisions under greater uncertainty, higher scrutiny and more complex system interactions.
Power Markets & Regulatory Strategy
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Your operational reality
Guide smarter energy decisions across an evolving power landscape
Across industries and regions, organizations must balance cost, reliability and decarbonization while adapting to power systems in transition.
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Markets reshaping investment signals Price volatility, evolving capacity mechanisms, congestion and new ancillary services require advanced analysis to understand risk and opportunity.
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Regulatory expectations accelerating and becoming more integrated Interconnection and market rules, environmental policies, permitting pathways, carbon pricing and reliability standards differ regionally and shift quickly.
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Technology choices requiring alignment with evolving system and regulatory conditions Renewables, storage, hybrid systems and electrification introduce new dynamics that must be evaluated for feasibility, performance and long-term impact.
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We Turn Complexity Into Clear, Action-Ready Strategy
Power markets and regulatory environments cannot be understood in isolation — they must be examined through the lens of system behaviour, operational constraints and technology readiness.
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Clients choose BBA because we bring together market analysts, regulatory specialists and power system engineers, ensuring strategies that are practical, defensible and ready for implementation.
- Integrated market and engineering insight, ensuring strategies reflect how power systems actually operate
- Fluency in regulatory frameworks across Canada, the United States and Latin America
- Advanced analytical capabilities for price trajectories, resource adequacy, congestion, electrification impacts and emissions pathways
- Expertise across energy generation technologies — renewables, storage, hybrid systems, DERs, clean fuels and industrial loads
- Experience supporting regulatory submissions, evidence development and hearings
- A lifecycle approach supporting planning, feasibility, investment decisions and long-term asset performance
- A reputation for pragmatic, defensible and implementation-ready guidance
The outcome: strategies clients can defend, regulators can trust and investors can support.
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By combining market intelligence with system-level modelling.
What we do:
- Analyze market prices, capacity factors and curtailment trends
- Model long-term supply-demand and resource adequacy scenarios
- Assess impacts of electrification, DER growth and policy reform
- Identify opportunities in energy, capacity, flexibility and ancillary markets
You gain insight into where markets are heading — and how to position for opportunity, not just mitigate risk.
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By translating evolving requirements into clear, achievable pathways.
What we do:
- Interpret permitting, environmental and interconnection frameworks
- Prepare regulatory filings, evidence packages and hearing support
- Identify compliance risks early and design mitigation strategies
- Support engagement with regulators, utilities, communities and stakeholders
You gain clarity, confidence and reduced delays across the regulatory lifecycle.
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By connecting market signals with technical feasibility and grid reality.
What we do:
- Conduct interconnection, grid impact and curtailment analyses
- Evaluate project economics under multiple market and regulatory scenarios
- Optimize hybrid configurations (solar + wind + storage + flexible loads)
- Validate stability, reliability and long-term performance
You gain investment decisions that are technically sound and resilient to market evolution.
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By aligning procurement, operations and regulatory requirements with market conditions.
What we do:
- Model load profiles, tariff exposure and long-term cost trajectories
- Identify opportunities for load shifting, flexibility and demand response
- Support electrification and self-generation decisions
- Analyze carbon pricing, reporting obligations and emissions pathways
You gain strategies that reduce exposure and strengthen competitiveness in a carbon-constrained market.
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By integrating regulatory foresight, market evolution and engineering analysis.
What we do:
- Support integrated resource planning and long-term system outlooks
- Evaluate DER adoption, modernization needs and reliability implications
- Assess regulatory and policy impacts on investment planning
- Develop rate-design, tariff and cost-allocation strategies
You gain forward-looking strategies that remain robust as technology and policy evolve.
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Solutions we offer
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Meet some of our power markets & strategy experts
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Alex Ferguson, P.Eng.
Director, Asset Infrastructure and Advisory Services
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Robert Otal, P.Eng., CAMA
Senior Advisor, Asset management
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Ghaz Tabrizi M.A.
Advisor, Power Advisory & Asset Management
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Scott Fleming, P.Eng., PMP
Director, Wind and Solar
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Nishant Gehani, P.Eng.
Director, Power systems
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Alex Stickler
Principal Advisor, Wind, Solar and Storage
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Where are you on your journey?
- Still defining your strategy and assessing your exposure? Our advisors help you interpret market signals, understand regulatory implications and build strategies grounded in economic and technical reality. Contact our strategic advisory team
- Ready to validate feasibility and move toward execution? Our engineering and market specialists work together to assess impacts, model performance and prepare investment-ready solutions. Contact our engineering & systems team