Complex Rate Analytics Research Report

Executive Summary

Guidehouse Insights recently authored an industry-first report on the Complex Rate Analytics market.

The timing for such a report is ideal as time-varying pricing becomes more widespread and a powerful driver of demand flexibility and decarbonization efforts. The industry is seeing a shift toward more complex rate structures that effectively leverage the benefits of AMI to deliver multi-pronged value streams for utilities and customers. From peak demand management and distributed energy resource (DER) optimization to energy affordability and customer satisfaction, new and advanced rate structures are an optimal way to address futures today, as well as into the future.

Yet significant gaps remain in legacy systems’ ability to support complex rate design, shadow billing, and hyper-personalized rate coaching and education. Complex rate engines are effectively filling this gap and represent new capabilities that aim to scale this emerging field of energy analytics.

This report analyzes the state of the growing Complex Rate Analytics market, the value related solutions deliver to utilities and forecasts global demand for related solutions.