Mark C. Cattrell

  New York Energy Policy – Overview

At the beginning of the New York REV proceeding in 2014, the PSC Chair requested that the investor-owned utilities participate as a group, establishing the Joint Utilities of New York […]

  Utility Business Model and Regulatory Framework

Concentric organized, delivered, facilitated, and documented two multi-day “Utility-of-the-Future” workshops for a vertically-integrated utility as a level setting exercise that would establish a foundation for development of corporate strategy and […]

  Multi-Utility Rate Case and Regulatory Support

Concentric worked closely with the regulatory team for a Midwestern U.S. investor-owned energy services utility to develop, file and support multi-utility general rate cases before the state regulatory commission by […]

  Examination of Gas Planning Process

An northeastern U.S. state’s Public Utilities Commission initiated a proceeding in 2020 to examine the gas planning processes of the state’s investor-owned natural gas local distribution companies (LDCs). This Commission […]

  New York Energy Policy – Up a Level

Concentric provides Project Management Office (“PMO”) support to New York’s large investor-owned utilities and works with Subject Matter Expert teams to prepare comments in NY REV-related proceedings. Our work began […]

  LDC Decarbonization

In light of recent goals established in New York State related to decarbonization of the natural gas industry, two clients engaged Concentric to provide support on this complex issue. Concentric […]

  Independent Evaluator

We acted as an agent of a state regulatory commission by serving as the Independent Evaluator for the competitive acquisition process that our utility client undertook to acquire resources pursuant to its […]

  VDER Tariff

The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) was an early adopter of the Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) as a methodology to succeed Net Energy Metering to compensate […]

  Major Capital Investment Program Prudence Review

We were retained to review and opine as to the prudence of the client’s development of an overall commercial strategy for a refurbishment project at the client’s nuclear facility, as […]

  Large Infrastructure Project Management Review

We provide assistance related to the client’s efforts to develop an option to construct and operate two new reactors at the company’s nuclear facility. We conduct assessments of the project […]

  Extended Power Uprate – Life Cycle Management Project Review

We assisted the client with a review of the project management processes used to manage an extended power uprate-life cycle management project at the client’s nuclear generating facilities.  This work […]

  Large Capital Project Strategic Advisory

We participated in a workshop session to identify and discuss the client’s key objectives for a major capital replacement program and ongoing operations of a nuclear generation facility.  We shared […]

  Utility of the Future Regulatory Proceeding Support

We are providing assistance related to our clients’ collaborative participation in a major policy proceeding that seeks to implement a new vision for the electric industry. Our policy guidance for […]

  Survey of Time Varying Rate Pilot and Full Scale Programs

We conducted a survey for a consortium of electric utilities on Time Varying Rate (“TVR”) pilot and full scale programs in North America.  We provided summary statistics for customer participation levels, TVR […]

  Assessment of Net Metering Policy

We were engaged to evaluate a New England municipal utility’s tariffs and rate design policies, and to develop a strategy to address the potential for increased customer interest in rooftop […]