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

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.
- Markets reshaping investment signals Price volatility, evolving capacity mechanisms, congestion and new ancillary services require advanced analysis to understand risk and opportunity.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Solutions we offer
Market Analysis & Forecasting

Regulatory Strategy & Compliance

Project Viability & Economic Assessments

Energy Procurement & Risk Advisory
Policy & Market Design Support

Load, Electrification & Cost Modelling

Grid Integration & System Impact Studies

Billing Impact, Cost Savings & Rate Design Modelling
Meet some of our power markets & strategy experts
Riley Prescott

Senior advisor - Load forecasting and market impacts

Alex Ferguson, P.Eng.

Director, Asset Infrastructure and Advisory Services

Alex Ferguson, P.Eng.

Director, Asset Infrastructure and Advisory Services

Alex Ferguson leverages 15+ years of international experience in asset management, regulatory strategy and grid modernization to help clients optimize investments and enhance infrastructure performance.

Key expertise

Asset management, business planning and investment optimization
Grid modernization and technology integration
Regulatory strategies, compliance and cost-benefit analysis
Member of IChemE

Major achievements: Led 40+ projects in asset management, regulatory plans and grid modernization across Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., and developed 15+ roadmaps supporting the energy transition.

Approach and added value: With a strategic and integrated regulatory vision, Alex transforms complex challenges into actionable, sustainable plans focused on client value.

Robert Otal, P.Eng., CAMA

Senior Advisor, Asset management

Robert Otal, P.Eng., CAMA

Senior Advisor, Asset management

Robert Otal is a Professional Engineer with over 17 years of experience working in the areas of asset management (AM), risk management, system operations, strategic long-term and short-term investment planning and information technology solutions. Mr. Otal specializes in the assessment and development of asset management systems (AMS) for organizations, which includes the development of business processes, data pipelines and analytical solutions that allow organizations to undertake the right actions to the right assets at the right time.

Mr. Otal has also led the development of long-term investment plans and short-term investment projects, risk and reliability-driven engineering decision-support systems, business case development, failure curve calibration and failure mode development, financial modelling, and process automation solutions for organizations across North America.

Most recently, Mr. Otal has been leading the development of METSCO’s asset management training and assessment programs to align organizations with best practices and industry standards (e.g., ISO 55000). Mr. Otal has successfully delivered AM training programs, including in-person workshops and webinar sessions across North America.

Mr. Otal is a registered professional engineer in the Province of Ontario, a Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA) with the World Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM), has a Diploma in Asset Management with Distinction from the Institute of Asset Management (IAM), and is currently pursuing the status of Endorsed Assessor (EA) and Endorsed Trainer with the IAM.

Ghaz Tabrizi M.A.

Advisor, Power Advisory & Asset Management

Ghaz Tabrizi M.A.

Advisor, Power Advisory & Asset Management

Scott Fleming, P.Eng., PMP

Director, Wind and Solar

Scott Fleming, P.Eng., PMP

Director, Wind and Solar

For over 20 years, Scott Fleming has been driving renewable energy growth, representing well over 1 GW of operating renewables and energy storage across Canada, along with several GWs in development.

Key expertise and certifications

Wind, solar and energy storage projects
Strategic planning and management of complex portfolios
Electrical engineering, interconnection strategy, regulatory and electricity market compliance, and emerging technologies
Project Management Professional, Professional Engineer (APEGA)

Major achievements: Led renewable developments and the execution phase of new facilities and sustaining capital projects, integrating creative solutions and managing strategic portfolios that were delivered ahead of schedule and under budget.

Approach and added value: Scott turns technical and regulatory constraints into performance levers, delivering high-performing, cost-effective projects while enabling clear business decisions and optimizing value and competitiveness of renewable energy and storage assets.

Nishant Gehani, P.Eng.

Director, Power systems

Nishant Gehani, P.Eng.

Director, Power systems

Alex Stickler

Principal Advisor, Wind, Solar and Storage
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