CRA’s team of nuclear experts evaluated the potential benefits of incorporating advanced nuclear into a typical North American utility system and quantified the rate impact vs other alternatives. We developed a near-term and longer-term strategy to support the future commercialization of the client’s reactor technology and identified high-value potential opportunities, including defining the value proposition that incorporates economics, grid benefits, and regulatory requirements.
Weathering the storm: Utility resource planning in the face of weather-driven reliability risks
The authors assessed how modeling different weather year scenarios in capacity expansion planning can impact resource investment decisions and the resulting...