LAI's experienced and highly qualified power market experts, transmission engineers, and economists possess in-depth knowledge of high voltage AC and DC power systems. LAI has conducted many transmission studies that covered technical issues of thermal / voltage violations and deliverability, commercial issues of market energy and capacity price impacts, and environmental issues of visual impacts and siting concerns. LAI maintains an integrated suite of resource planning, financial, production simulation, and transmission models to conduct the quantitative analyses needed for good decisions. Our clients have included generators, lenders, utilities, state commissions, transmission companies, and ISOs / RTOs.

LAI has been at the forefront in assessing the market implications and regulatory issues for new merchant transmission projects in the Northeast, and has evaluated technical and commercial aspects of backbone transmission projects in many regions. We have identified constrained transmission paths and evaluated proposals to alleviate bottlenecks, quantified congestion costs, evaluated firm and non-firm transmission withdrawal options, analyzed interconnection and deliverability issues, assessed upgrade and attachment facilities, analyzed resource balances based on Capacity Emergency Transfer Objectives and Limits, and estimated inter-market price movements.

LAI can provide the following transmission and power market services to clients:

	Estimate transmission impacts on capacity prices and nodal / zonal LMPs
	Economic analysis of HVAC and HVDC transmission projects
	Analyze congestion, including PJM determinations of CETO and CETL
	Advise on firm versus non-firm transmission service and withdrawal rights
	Assess impact of proposed transmission projects on inter-zonal transfer limits
	Advise clients on transmission development and ISO / RTO market issues
	Assess market structure for merchant transmission investments
	Assess load pocket conditions and resulting interface limits
	Coordinate ISO interconnection process – scoping meeting, feasibility study, system impact study, and facility study