How do Exponent's multidisciplinary teams provide a unique approach for solving urgent operational issues?
Exponent delivers valuable insights related to all aspects of utility infrastructure and operations. We consult on generation equipment, balance of plant, substation equipment, T&D equipment, structures, automation equipment, distributed energy resources, power electronics, protection/control, and power systems analysis. Exponent also provides expertise in utility operations, including standard-of-care, equipment inspection and maintenance, outage response, major event preparedness, major event response, system reliability, system hardening, and system resilience.
Our expertise in failure analysis includes site inspection of failure sites and laboratory assessment of failed equipment. We also provide material failure expertise in many failure modes common to power systems equipment, such as metallurgical, ceramics, cellulose insulation, and polymeric insulation.
services
For 50+ years, we’ve thrived on solving unstructured problems that require bespoke solutions. Some of our services include:
• Rapid response and analysis of faults, outages, equipment failure, and safety events
• Litigation support for safety incidents and outage events
• Regulatory support for rate cases and commission investigations
• On-site support and consulting services during and after major events and restorations
• Reliability and accelerated life testing of control and monitoring systems and components, such as monitoring sensors and SCADA systems
• Risk, reliability, and vulnerability analyses
• Climate risk assessment
• System reliability and resilience improvement
• Construction, public health, and environmental risk management
• Operations and maintenance consultations
Our Capabilities Are Unparalleled
With expertise in over 90 disciplines and hundreds of capabilities, tools, and methodologies — we get to the root of even the most complex challenges and give you the objective answers you need.
Experts
Our global and comprehensive expertise across industries gives us a deep understanding of current challenges, best industry practices, and the implications of emerging technologies.


Insights
