Analytics in Action
How DECH turns distributed energy opportunities into informed investment decisions.
Distributed energy investment decisions rarely begin with equipment. They begin with a question: where can distributed energy create enough economic, reliability or market value to justify action? DECH combines site-level analytics, market intelligence and investment strategy to help advisors, developers and investors move from opportunity identification to disciplined capital decisions.
Site Analytics
Identify and characterize distributed energy opportunities at specific sites.
Value-Stack Analytics
Quantify technical and economic value across multiple revenue streams.
Market Strategy
Assess market dynamics, policy and operational considerations.
Portfolio Screening
Compare opportunities across sites and scenarios to prioritize investments.
Investment Strategy
Develop actionable investment strategies based on the available value.
From Analysis to Impact
DECH helps clients move from site-level distributed energy analysis to broader market strategy, portfolio screening and investment decisions. Each case study below shows how that process can support a different customer need, from qualifying site opportunities to shaping multi-market investment strategy.
Private Investment Firm
Building an Investment Strategy Around the DER Value Stack
An investment firm wanted to evaluate distributed energy as a portfolio opportunity across commercial, industrial and institutional customer sites, with a clear view of which value streams could support investment in each market.
Combine site analytics with market screening across ISO/RTO markets, utility territories, tariffs, programs, incentives and revenue streams.
Shape target markets, technologies, sourcing criteria, ownership structures, operating models and risk-return considerations.
DECH turns the value stack into an investable market map, helping direct capital toward markets with multiple credible sources of value.
National Energy Consulting & Infrastructure Development Firm
Using the DER Value Stack to Create a Multi-Site Investment Funnel
A national firm needed a consistent way to compare the distributed energy value stack across multiple commercial and industrial customer locations.
Apply a common framework to system sizing and site-specific value including avoided energy, demand, potential grid revenues and reliability benefits.
Compare value components by site and technology, then prioritize opportunities before substantial development capital is spent.
DECH turned a multi-site opportunity set into a prioritized development pipeline, focusing sales, engineering and capital on sites with deeper credible value stacks.
Regional Energy Consulting Firm
Evaluating DER Alternatives for a New Industrial Facility
A regional consulting firm needed an independent comparison of distributed energy alternatives for a planned industrial facility.
Compare solar, battery storage, distributed generation and microgrid alternatives across cost, savings, revenue, reliability and emissions.
Narrow the technology set to options that justify additional engineering, diligence and potential capital commitment.
DECH narrowed the technology choices before detailed engineering, focusing technical effort and capital on solutions aligned with site economics and reliability needs.
Energy Market Advisory Firm
Mapping the ERCOT Value Stack for Behind-the-Meter Assets
An energy market advisor needed specialized ERCOT analysis to understand the full value stack available to behind-the-meter generation and battery storage.
Map tariff savings, exports, demand response, ancillary services and utility programs, then test registration rules and participation constraints.
Translate the value stack into asset configuration, registration, dispatch and monetization decisions, including which revenue opportunities can coexist.
DECH separated theoretical ERCOT revenue from value the asset could actually access and stack, creating a more executable monetization plan.
Utility-Scale Battery Developer
Power Procurement and the Value Stack of a Utility-Scale Battery
A developer advancing a front-of-the-meter battery in ERCOT needed to define retail power procurement, wholesale delivery costs and the commercial structure around market participation.
Develop a retail power RFP, support REP negotiations, define delivery-service billing and assess commercial procurement alternatives.
Treat procurement, delivery charges and market access as explicit operating inputs to the battery's net value stack.
DECH clarified costs and structural choices beneath headline battery revenues, giving the developer a clearer view of net project economics.
Regional Energy Advisory Firm
Turning DER Analytics into Actionable Customer Advice
An energy advisor needed a fast, repeatable way to move commercial customers from interest in distributed energy to a credible site-level investment discussion.
Evaluate project economics, value drivers and sensitivities across potential DER configurations using DECH site analytics.
Use consistent screening to determine which sites and configurations justify deeper engineering and commercial diligence.
DECH helps qualify sites faster and focus diligence on opportunities with a credible economic case.
Turn Analysis into an Investment Decision
DECH helps determine where distributed energy can create value, which technologies fit the site, and how that value can be captured.
