Planning & Studies
The Foundation for Smarter Grid Planning
The Analytical Foundation for Critical Grid Decisions
Every major infrastructure decision starts with a study. RLC’s planning team provides the rigorous analysis that utilities, grid operators, and developers need to evaluate system performance, plan for growth, navigate interconnection, and maintain compliance.
Our engineers bring the depth of experience required to tackle the most complex planning challenges in the power sector: from high-voltage transmission expansion to distributed energy resource integration.
Transmission Planning & Studies
Power system studies that ensure grid security as generation sources evolve and demand grows. Our engineers perform steady state, stability, short-circuit, and congestion analyses across voltage levels up to 345 kV.
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Generator Feasibility
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Generator System Impact
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Transmission System Expansion and Operations
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Non-Transmission Alternative Analysis
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Congestion Analysis
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DER Cluster Studies
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Power System Protection
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Capacitor Bank Switching and Application
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Needs Assessments
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Transmission Upgrade Approval Studies
Distribution Planning & Studies
From planning new medium-voltage infrastructure to modernizing aging systems, RLC delivers the analysis needed to support load growth, system resiliency, and distributed energy resource integration.
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System Impact Studies
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Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Studies
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Quasi-Static Time Series (QSTS)
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Protection and Coordination Studies
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Curtailment Analyses (8,760 Analyses)
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Integrated Resource Planning
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Load Addition Analyses
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Motor Start Analyses
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Dynamic Reactive Device Sizing & Settings (DVAR, STATCOM, etc.)
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Harmonic Analyses
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Reliability and Resiliency Analyses
Interconnection Studies
RLC analyzes the integration of solar, wind, and battery resources onto both transmission and distribution systems, with over 500 system impact studies performed across the country.
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Feasibility Studies
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System Impact Studies
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Protection Coordination Studies
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Smart Inverter Optimization Analyses
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Hosting/Injection Capacity Analyses
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Distributed Energy Resource Cluster Studies
NERC Compliance Planning
Modeling services for regulatory compliance, including the verification and validation of generator and control system models across ISO-NE, NYISO, ERCOT, and CAISO jurisdictions.
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NERC MOD-025-2
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NERC MOD-026-1
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NERC MOD-027-1
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NERC MOD-032-1
Energy Market Consulting Studies
We help generation owners and developers maximize long-term project viability by simulating and analyzing the electrical, financial, and economic performance of their projects.
Power Flow Analysis for Project Sizing & Feasibility
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Energy Injection / Withdrawal Analysis
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Capacity Deliverability
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Cost Estimation
Production Cost Modeling
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Generator Screening
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Financial Forecasting and LMP Basis Analysis
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Congestion & Curtailment Analysis
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Transmission System Waterfall Analysis
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Transmission Planning & Studies
Power system studies that ensure grid security as generation sources evolve and demand grows. Our engineers perform steady state, stability, short-circuit, and congestion analyses across voltage levels up to 345 kV.
-
Generator Feasibility
-
Generator System Impact
-
Transmission System Expansion and Operations
-
Non-Transmission Alternative Analysis
-
Congestion Analysis
-
DER Cluster Studies
-
Power System Protection
-
Capacitor Bank Switching and Application
-
Needs Assessments
-
Transmission Upgrade Approval Studies
-
Distribution Planning & Studies
From planning new medium-voltage infrastructure to modernizing aging systems, RLC delivers the analysis needed to support load growth, system resiliency, and distributed energy resource integration.
-
System Impact Studies
-
Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Studies
-
Quasi-Static Time Series (QSTS)
-
Protection and Coordination Studies
-
Curtailment Analyses (8,760 Analyses)
-
Integrated Resource Planning
-
Load Addition Analyses
-
Motor Start Analyses
-
Dynamic Reactive Device Sizing & Settings (DVAR, STATCOM, etc.)
-
Harmonic Analyses
-
Reliability and Resiliency Analyses
-
Interconnection Studies
RLC analyzes the integration of solar, wind, and battery resources onto both transmission and distribution systems, with over 500 system impact studies performed across the country.
-
Feasibility Studies
-
System Impact Studies
-
Protection Coordination Studies
-
Smart Inverter Optimization Analyses
-
Hosting/Injection Capacity Analyses
-
Distributed Energy Resource Cluster Studies
-
NERC Compliance Planning
Modeling services for regulatory compliance, including the verification and validation of generator and control system models across ISO-NE, NYISO, ERCOT, and CAISO jurisdictions.
-
NERC MOD-025-2
-
NERC MOD-026-1
-
NERC MOD-027-1
-
NERC MOD-032-1
-
Energy Market Consulting Studies
We help generation owners and developers maximize long-term project viability by simulating and analyzing the electrical, financial, and economic performance of their projects.
Power Flow Analysis for Project Sizing & Feasibility
-
Energy Injection / Withdrawal Analysis
-
Capacity Deliverability
-
Cost Estimation
Production Cost Modeling
-
Generator Screening
-
Financial Forecasting and LMP Basis Analysis
-
Congestion & Curtailment Analysis
-
Transmission System Waterfall Analysis
View Service Line Card - Energy Marketing Consulting
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