Utility Management Consulting

Tetra Tech partners with energy utilities worldwide to decarbonize portfolios, build resilient power grids, and drive operational efficiency.

Tetra Tech’s management consultants, planners, engineers, and technical specialists are Leading with Science® to help utilities advance the clean energy transition. We combine technical expertise with utility management experience to translate business objectives into clear solutions.

We use our Tetra Tech Delta suite of proprietary tools, bolstered by trusted technology partners, to fuse science and engineering expertise with advanced technology and analytics for the utility industry. Our clients range from well-advanced utilities in North America, Europe, and the Middle East to recently privatized utilities in developing countries.

Clean Energy Transition

Our global portfolio of clean energy programs and utility advisory services makes us an ideal strategic partner to fast-track utility decarbonization and climate change resiliency goals.

Decarbonization strategies
Renewable energy development and grid integration
Energy storage and green hydrogen
Grid interconnection impact assessment studies, permitting, and design
Distributed generation solutions planning, permitting, and design
Feasibility assessments

Utility Reform, Strategy, and Planning

Tetra Tech helps utilities devise and implement future-forward business models. Globally, our experts strengthen utilities and government institutions by helping to create policy, legal, and regulatory frameworks that unlock efficient delivery of energy services to people and businesses.

Utility reform and restructuring
Strategic planning and implementation
New market structure analysis modeling
Integrated resource planning
Long-term capital investment planning and capital portfolio optimization
Program and project management office advisory

Asset Management

Tetra Tech empowers utilities to maximize digital capabilities and enable innovation in core operations. Our leading-edge technologies and practices help utilities increase resilience and drive decarbonization through predictive maintenance, digital inspections, and system analytics.

Asset planning and backlog analysis
Digital operations of asset inspections
Data and analytics in asset management
Predictive maintenance

Utility Operations Management

Tetra Tech works closely with our clients to drive operational productivity by innovating and transforming core utility operations. In emerging markets worldwide, we work with utilities to reduce losses, increase revenue, and bolster national power sectors.

Operating model analysis
Business process reengineering and change management
Utility operations under management services contracts
Turnaround of underperforming utilities
Loss reduction and revenue recovery
Maintenance and fleet optimization
Digital innovation and operation of intelligent infrastructure
Gender equality programs and change management

Utility Modernization and Commercialization

Tetra Tech helps our clients design and implement grid modernization and smart grid programs, including advanced metering infrastructure, demand response, digitalization, and automation.

Tetra Tech Utility Maturity Model and performance improvement diagnostics
Customer relationship management
Commercialization and corporate governance
Grid modernization, digitalization, and automation

Transaction Support and Due Diligence

Tetra Tech supports clients with utility transactions, serving as the technical, financial, and regulatory advisor for governments, lenders, and investors. Our multidisciplinary team provides full transaction lifecycle support, leveraging utility experience, business and banking relationships, and technology expertise to deliver an all-in-one solution.