Contract Negotiations – The pro-active administration of utility PPAs can provide ratepayers and shareholders considerable benefit. In many states, aggressive PPA administration is a prerequisite for regulatory success and cost recovery.  LAI is an industry leader in contract restructuring.  We apply mitigation tools goals such as asset securitization and buyouts.  Other practical reforms that allow an amended contract to run its course may also confer good economic value.  A "back-to-back" transference of a contract obligation to a third party may also create significant value shifts that benefit both parties.

Stakeholder Facilitation – All proposed energy generation and transmission projects give rise to competing interests.  LAI works constructively with adverse stakeholder groups to clarify parties' positions to seek common ground on market impacts, project siting, environmental mitigation measures, safety concerns, and other community and ratepayer concerns.  On behalf of project proponents or intervenors, we participate in public meetings and information sessions to provide credible technical information.

Environmental Economics – Cost-effective environmental compliance includes fuel portfolio, financial, and environmental control decisions.  LAI's comprehensive compliance strategy integrates the multiple facets of fuel utilization, technology performance, and environmental impacts to manage these risks.  LAI specializes in the application of economic, quantitative, and regulatory impact analyses to formulate solutions to the industry's environmental compliance challenges.  We design compliance strategies by incorporating the interactions of fuel supply choices, generation technology options, system planning and dispatch, emission allowances, and pollution control economics.