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SITARA ENERGY
Decision Intelligence · U.S. Electricity Markets

Forward retail electricity rates, measured at the tariff level.

Sitara builds forward retail electricity rate forecasts for distributed solar project finance. We decompose utility tariffs into their component layers (generation, capacity, T&D, riders), so every assumption in your underwriting model stays visible and auditable instead of disappearing behind a single escalation rate.

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BGE RESIDENTIAL · BACKSTOP ADDER MAY 2026
$8 $6 $4 $2 $/MWh $1.50 $6.10 $0.68 SOCIALIZED ZONE-ALLOCATED DC-SPECIFIC
BGE Initial Allocation
92 MW
RTO Share
0.6%
Adder Today
<$0.50/MWh
Read the full analysis → Sitara Research · May 2026
Built by practitioners
Former FERC Branch Chief, Division of Energy Market Assessments
Two decades advising utilities and infrastructure investors
Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board · Gov. Moore
01 / The Product

RateBook. Decision-grade retail rate forecasts.

Sitara's retail electricity rate forecasting engine. Continuously updated. Component-level tariff decomposition. Long-horizon curves delivered Excel-ready for the teams underwriting community solar, distributed generation, and data center development.

Retail Electricity Intelligence

RateBook™

A continuously-monitored intelligence framework for forecasting forward retail electricity costs at the tariff level.

SKU / RB-001
OFFERING 01

Retail Rate Forecasts

Forecasts by utility, bundle, or subscription, including tariff riders and historical data. Continuously updated as filings post.

OFFERING 02

Wholesale Market Integration

ISO/RTO market signals embedded directly into retail rate forecasts. PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE, MISO.

OFFERING 03

Capacity Pricing

Forward capacity auction expectations and long-term revenue risk visibility. BRA forecasts, scenario analytics, and zone-level impacts.

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Also in the platform

Sitara also offers Atlas™ for infrastructure siting analytics for large-load and data center development. Get in touch →

02 / Built For

When the model has to hold up in front of a lender.

RateBook is built for the moments when a flat escalator will not do. Acquisition underwriting. Re-contracting decisions. M&A diligence. IC committee presentations. Each rate component is visible and auditable, so the methodology travels with the deal.

USE CASE A

Project finance for new development

Long-horizon retail rate curves for community solar, distributed generation, and other project finance underwriting. Component-level decomposition built to integrate directly into investor and IC models.

  • Greenfield CDG project underwriting
  • Tax equity and debt diligence
  • Bill credit value modeling
Used by Community solar developers, DG IPPs, project finance teams
USE CASE B

Acquisition and re-contracting diligence

Component-level rate visibility for legacy assets coming off PPAs. Capacity, wholesale, and rider dynamics modeled where flat escalators leave revenue on the table. Defensible enough to put in front of a lender.

  • M&A acquisition underwriting
  • PPA expiration and re-contracting decisions
  • Repowering and battery addition models
Used by Renewable asset acquirers, infrastructure funds, IC teams
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The model has to prove to banks we’ve done the work.

Sitara client · References available upon request
03 / Coverage

A productized framework that scales across U.S. utilities.

Sitara delivers retail rate and credit curves through a consistent, repeatable methodology. Each utility and rate schedule moves through the same workflow, so coverage expands quickly without re-engineering the model for every market.

Mapped Jurisdictions Updated live · APR 2026
Sitara coverage map: 13 mapped U.S. jurisdictions
Mapped jurisdictions: DC · DE · IL · MA · MD · ME · MN · NJ · NM · NY · PA · RI · VA · VT
Methodology

One workflow.
Every utility.

Each utility and rate schedule is analyzed using a consistent methodology integrating three forward-looking layers. While the home page demo uses BGE Residential as an example, the same workflow is already mapped across the jurisdictions shown.

  1. 01

    Historical rate decomposition

    Reconstruct the tariff from filed rate cases, rider history, and class allocation factors.

  2. 02

    Forward energy and capacity pricing

    Integrate ISO wholesale forecasts, BRA models, and scenario-based capacity views.

  3. 03

    Long-term T&D escalators

    Apply forward-looking transmission and distribution escalators anchored to the liquid horizon.

Need a utility we don’t list?

New utilities and rate schedules can be added quickly using the same pipeline. Request a market →

04 / Engage

Evaluating market exposure?

Speak with Sitara about retail rate exposure, underwriting assumptions, and market entry strategy. We work with investors, developers, and infrastructure teams evaluating long-term opportunities across U.S. power markets.

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