DATA
Customer and hourly-load intelligence
Residential records combine energy use, end-use loads, building, equipment, income, demographics, transportation and location characteristics.
Jackson Associates
Customer-level load intelligence for practical grid decisions.
Jackson Associates combines decades of utility customer data and hourly-load modeling with the Grid Impact Model—helping utilities locate emerging grid risk, evaluate mitigation strategies and build defensible business cases.
What Jackson Associates brings to grid planning
Data depth, localized forecasts and decision-focused analysis
GIM is grounded in the way individual customers adopt technologies and use electricity—not simply in systemwide averages.
GIM
Bottom-up localized forecasting
Customer digital twins produce technology-adoption probabilities and 8,760 hourly loads that aggregate consistently by block group, ZIP code and service area.
ROI
Actionable planning economics
Grid-risk screening connects with managed charging, DSM, DER and VPP scenarios so utilities can compare operational benefits, costs and investment metrics.
Current focus
Move from broad grid concerns to specific planning questions
The Grid Impact Model is the primary application of Jackson Associates' current data and modeling work. It gives cooperatives, municipal utilities and IOUs a practical first step when detailed AMI integration or circuit analysis is not yet available.
Utilities can identify likely hot spots, test assumptions and establish priorities before committing scarce engineering and program-development resources.
Review all GIM modulesLocalized EV adoption and load forecastingForecast where EV ownership will cluster and when charging will add load using customer-level probabilities and hourly profiles.
Transformer and feeder planning-level screeningApply equipment size, current loading, households served and planning thresholds to flag potential constraints and early replacements.
Managed charging business-case analysisCompare telematics, AMI and meter-collar strategies using demand savings, revenue margins, incentives, program costs, payback, NPV and benefit/cost metrics.
Electrification, weather and customer-growth impactsTest heat pumps, water heating, new construction, rebuilding and normal or extreme weather at multiple geographic levels.
DSM, DER, storage and VPP alternativesEvaluate flexible-load and distributed-resource strategies using the same localized hourly baseline as the forecasted grid need.
Engineering-model and GIS supportExport hourly scenarios for CYME, Synergi, WindMil, OpenDSS, GIS and other utility planning workflows.
One analytical foundation
Follow the grid-planning question from forecast to decision
GIM connects applications that are often evaluated separately, allowing adoption, hourly loads, local grid exposure and program economics to use consistent assumptions.
Forecast adoption
Estimate customer-level probabilities for EVs and other emerging technologies.
Build hourly loads
Create localized current and future 8,760 profiles by customer and end use.
Screen grid exposure
Identify block groups and equipment conditions that warrant closer review.
Evaluate action
Compare managed charging, DSM, DER, VPP and upgrade economics.
Experience behind the model
More than a new spreadsheet
Jackson Associates was founded by Jerry Jackson, Ph.D., an energy economist and software developer whose work has focused on converting detailed customer information into useful utility and market decisions.
That experience includes utility forecasting, customer-load modeling, technology adoption, demand response, smart-grid investment analysis and software-based drill-down analytics. The Grid Impact Model brings those capabilities together in an accessible Excel-based planning system.
JA provides the model, underlying data and direct analytical support—so clients work with the people who developed the methods rather than through a generic software support layer.
MAISYEnergy-use and hourly-load databases published since 1995 and expanded to more than 7 million customer records.
UtilityEnergy and demand forecasting, smart-grid analysis, demand response and customer technology applications.
SoftwarePatented drill-down analytics and practical models designed to make complex results transparent and usable.
TodayLocalized grid-impact forecasting, asset screening and managed-load business cases for current utility planning needs.
A practical alternative
Designed for utilities that need useful answers without a major data project
No AMI prerequisite
Identity-protected MAISY records establish a representative customer and hourly-load foundation. Utility data can refine the analysis when available.
Visible, adjustable assumptions
Adoption, weather, charging, equipment, participation, cost and program assumptions remain available for utility review and scenario testing.
Planning before precision
GIM supports screening and prioritization. It helps identify where detailed measurements and engineering analysis are most likely to be valuable.
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Associates and GIM
What does Jackson Associates provide today?
JA's current primary application is the Grid Impact Model, supported by MAISY customer and hourly-load databases and direct analytical consulting. The model addresses localized EV, electrification, weather, DSM, DER, storage, VPP and utility business-case questions.
Who is the Grid Impact Model designed for?
GIM is designed for electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, investor-owned utilities, G&Ts, utility consultants and engineering firms. It is particularly useful when a utility needs localized planning intelligence but does not yet have fully integrated AMI, GIS and circuit-model data.
Does GIM replace detailed engineering analysis?
No. GIM provides planning-level forecasting, screening and prioritization. Its purpose is to identify potential hot spots, compare scenarios and focus subsequent measurements, equipment review and engineering studies.
Can Jackson Associates support a utility-specific application?
Yes. JA can help define scenarios, incorporate utility assumptions and available data, interpret results, develop business cases and prepare hourly-load exports for engineering or GIS workflows.
See what GIM can answer for your utility
A guided online session can review localized forecasts, transformer screening and managed charging economics using a representative service area.