The purpose of an Options Study is to identify and preliminarily evaluate all utility supply options that could meet a facility’s present and planned utility requirements. The findings of an options study present a strategic road map for selecting the most economically efficient option that meets the needs of the client. An Options Study includes the development of the base case, an assumption that the current supply arrangement would continue, and the comparison of all other practical supply options.

Exeter’s recent studies include the following:

• analysis of on-site renewable power project development
• analysis of co-generation options for the provision of power and process steam
• analysis of alternative contracting and financing mechanisms for the development of a government-owned wind power project