Aqualectra is facing increased load growth and has recently retired its gas turbine unit, GT2, making it difficult for Aqualectra to meet peak demand. As a result, Aqualectra is requesting proposals for temporary power solutions to meet the growing demand in 2024 and 2025. The contract for temporary power would last approximately two years, starting around May 2024. Aqualectra requested K&M’s commercial and technical advisory services to determine the least-cost configuration of capacity and electricity from the temporary power units generating assets and the CRU gas turbine.

K&M discussed the scenarios and sensitivities that would be most informative to analyze with Aqualectra. Using the agreed-upon scenarios, K&M adapted its existing generation and cost models for Aqualectra to perform the temporary power analysis. K&M ran and analyzed the models and presented the results, including the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of the temporary power scenarios, the recommended configuration of the temporary power, the hourly dispatch of the generation assets, and all assumptions used in the analysis.