Overview
About LCG Consulting
With more than 40 years of experience, LCG Consulting is a pioneer in modeling competitive energy markets. LCG Consulting offers a full range of consulting services in the area of planning and operations, policy and legal issues related to the energy industry. LCG's integrated generation and transmission UPLAN suite of models provides comprehensive solutions for every aspect of short-term operational and long-term planning needs of electricity market participants.
LCG provides the following unique advantages to our clients:
• In-depth knowledge of market issues
• Leadership in developing models for regional competitive market analysis.
• Published research and public presentation experience of key team members.
LCG offers a full range of consulting services and has extensive project experience in all NERC regions. Consulting services provided by LCG have typically emphasized a fundamental, quantitative approach with a high degree of realism in characterizing and analyzing the physical and economic operation of power systems and markets.
LCG’s flagship model, UPLAN Network Power Model (UPLAN-NPM), is a full network model and incorporates a rich, integrated representation of physical features of the electric generators, loads and transmission, financial characteristics and system operation. It provides a realistic projection of what is going to happen physically and financially throughout a region, for assessing the engineering, economic, and financial implications of spatial and temporal changes in operations, reliability, production costs, and resources.
Our modeling approach and software have withstood the rigor of regulatory hearings and public scrutiny in every part of the United States and abroad, as well as critical examination by our business and regulatory clients participating in the competitive markets.
LCG provides the following unique advantages to our clients:
• In-depth knowledge of market issues
• Leadership in developing models for regional competitive market analysis.
• Published research and public presentation experience of key team members.
LCG offers a full range of consulting services and has extensive project experience in all NERC regions. Consulting services provided by LCG have typically emphasized a fundamental, quantitative approach with a high degree of realism in characterizing and analyzing the physical and economic operation of power systems and markets.
LCG’s flagship model, UPLAN Network Power Model (UPLAN-NPM), is a full network model and incorporates a rich, integrated representation of physical features of the electric generators, loads and transmission, financial characteristics and system operation. It provides a realistic projection of what is going to happen physically and financially throughout a region, for assessing the engineering, economic, and financial implications of spatial and temporal changes in operations, reliability, production costs, and resources.
Our modeling approach and software have withstood the rigor of regulatory hearings and public scrutiny in every part of the United States and abroad, as well as critical examination by our business and regulatory clients participating in the competitive markets.