 Water Resource Planning and management
APECO provides a wide range of water resources planning and management services, ranging from high level policy assistance and restructuring services, to detailed technical studies employing specialized computer models and highly skilled analysts.
Our work in this area often forms the basis for decisions regarding fundamental policy directions, environmental assessment of water resource projects, and infrastructure investment programs. Typically, water resources management services focus on establishing operating policies for multipurpose water resource systems, and often require the installation of sophisticated computer software to guide operations. In all cases, the analysis of quantifiable benefits such as power and irrigation is carried out in combination with analysis of less easily quantifiable environmental and socio-economic issues.
 Energy Consulting Services
Successful energy management can result in measurable savings of between 5% and 20% in site energy usage. In many instances energy saving is one of the leading sources of cost reduction that is left to organizations. While driving these costs down is an essential business strategy, it is equally important to ensure that the savings are sustainable over the long term. In today’s competitive business environment, savings of this magnitude free up resources that can be applied elsewhere to help maintain a competitive edge.
APECO provides tailored solutions to assist organizations develop their energy management strategies, combining both technical and operations management approaches to identify a pathway to best practice.
Energy management must become a part of the way in which a company does business. APECO provides effective methodologies and processes to support this aim:
 Energy procurement |
| Energy programme development |
| Greenhouse gas mitigation |
| Implementation support |
| Management system reviews |
| Strategic planning |
| Technical assessments |
| Training |
 Demand Side Management
Taking charge of your energy use is easier than you think. APECO provides access to world-class expertise to help you drive down energy costs quickly in order to achieve significant, sustainable savings.
Our tailored solutions give your site a jump-start on effective energy management. Our practical, action-based investigations can fetch potential savings.
 Management Services
We provide negotiating, planning, regulatory , economic and financial services to decision makers in the electricity and other energy sectors. We offer public and private sector clients advice on the full spectrum of economic, environmental, and strategic planning aspects of transportation infrastructure and services.
Negotiating Services
We advise counterparties to power purchase agreements, electric power infrastructure asset transfers, and ‘Green Attribute’ (carbon credits; renewable energy) transactions, by providing
| Commodity and asset valuations (NPV of future cash flows, replacement value, depreciated book value, fair market value, etc.) |
| Negotiating strategies |
| Drafting of Memoranda of Understanding and contracts |
| Advice on indexation and escalation |
| Credit and market risk mitigation and management. |
Planning Services
The need to act strategically is greater than ever. We help public and private sector stakeholders understand the strategic implications of their biggest decisions, plan their business moves and implement with success.
Our planning services include
| Market projections and load forecasts |
| Integrated resource planning – often referred to as master plans or least cost investment plans |
| Generation planning |
| Transmission planning |
| System impact studies |
| Analysis of impacts of self generation, independent power producers, distributed generation, renewables, demand side management |
| Rural electrification |
| Environmental and social impacts. |
Regulatory Services
The infrastructure industries are facing rapidly changing regulatory and licensing requirements with more demanding scrutiny. We assist our clients in all phases of the regulatory process for rates, facilities and other approvals.
| Regulatory framework |
| Establishment of regulatory agency |
| Codes and licenses |
| Procurement and despatch procedures |
| Tariff analysis and design |
| Cost of service studies |
| Submissions to regulatory agencies |
| Regulatory strategy |
Economic Analysis
Our reputation in economic analysis has been gained from many years of serving utilities and energy regulatory agencies in North America , utilities and planning agencies in developing countries, and through our close working relationships with international financing agencies. Our multidisciplinary approach to energy economics integrates engineering, economic, environmental and social issues. Much of our experience has been gained from power sector development plans, power purchase agreements for private sector investors, and individual tariff studies for national planning agencies.
Our services include
| Economic analysis as part of feasibility studies |
| Estimation of long-run marginal costs |
| Environmental economics |
| Price projections. |
Financial Analysis
As governance and ownership scenarios evolve, we can help you to assess the options and their implications. Our financial planning tools let you know where you stand—now and in the future.
| Financial forecasting |
| Support in obtaining financing |
| Management information systems |
| Treatment of assets for regulatory purposes |
| Feasibility studies |
| Unbundling of vertically integrated utilities |
| Corporatization |
 Enterprise Asset Management
APECO can provide Productive Asset Management solutions. We maximize the future revenue and profit streams of our clients' productive assets while preserving their value over time.This is achieved by optimizing Asset Operations, Asset Maintenance and Asset Management Planning functions, using our advanced information technology products and vertical expertise. |
