Energy and Power

FMI’s Energy & Power practice accelerates speed to power by integrating strategy, capital execution, and operational transformation across the global energy ecosystem. We help organizations navigate the critical path from investment to energized infrastructure.

The Energy Gap: Accelerating Demand vs. Stretching Timelines

The energy and power sector is currently defined by a fundamental tension: exponential demand growth is colliding with protracted delivery timelines.

While data centers, hyperscalers, and industrial users require power in under 18 months, structural constraints—including interconnection queues, permitting hurdles, equipment lead times, and labor shortages—have pushed owner/developer delivery timelines to 3–5+ years. FMI bridges this gap by aligning capital planning with execution to deliver critical infrastructure with greater velocity and reliability.

Key Trends Shaping the Energy Landscape

1. Unprecedented Power Demand. The surge in demand from AI-driven data centers, electrification, and domestic manufacturing is creating a multibillion-dollar investment opportunity across generation, transmission, and distribution (T&D). Data Center Growth: U.S. data center demand is projected to rise from 176 TWh in 2023 to between 325 and 580 TWh by 2028, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and Department of Energy (DOE).

2. Grid Modernization & Capital Investment. Utilities are aggressively expanding grid resiliency and capacity to accommodate rising loads. Capital Expenditure: U.S. electric utilities are planning over $1.1 trillion in capital investment through 2029 to modernize aging infrastructure.

3. Structural Barriers to Project Delivery. Interconnection delays and regulatory complexity remain the primary bottlenecks. Navigating these "above-ground risks" is now as critical as technical engineering for project success.

4. Reliability and Execution Certainty. For large power users, uptime is the primary metric of success. This raises the stakes for operational performance and increases the demand for high-certainty execution partners.

5. Energy Transition & Portfolio Complexity. Organizations must manage high-stakes capital allocation across a diverse mix of traditional generation, renewables, and emerging clean-tech technologies.

Our Solutions: Driving Operational Excellence

FMI combines deep industry experience across utilities, developers, and EPC/GC firms to solve complex energy challenges.

Accelerate Project & Program Delivery

• Optimize project lifecycle processes to accelerate delivery.
• Enhance project controls, scheduling, and cost management.
• Deploy PMO best practices for large-scale infrastructure portfolios.

Improve Operational Performance

• Optimize supply chain and long-lead equipment strategies.
• Develop risk-balanced contracting strategies (e.g., Integrated Project Delivery).
• Implement real-time analytics and data-driven decision tools.

Build Scalable Operating Models

• Align organizational structure with execution capabilities.
• Develop leadership frameworks for rapid-growth environments.

Optimize Capital Strategy & Investment

• Conduct market opportunity assessments and demand forecasting.
• Provide commercial due diligence and investment decision support.
• Align capital deployment with long-term decarbonization and growth priorities.

Support M&A and Transformation

• Execute pre-acquisition operational due diligence, with the ability to leverage our dedicated team of investment bankers for M&A advisory.
• Manage post-merger integration (PMI) and functional scaling.

Benefits

• Gain integrated expertise across energy, infrastructure, and the built environment.
• Move beyond advisory with practical, boots-on-the-ground execution.
• Tap decades of experience managing multi-billion dollar capital programs.
• Work with advisors who understand utilities and the regulated grid.
• Partner with a firm that serves developers, IPPs, and renewable energy investors.
• Align with a team trusted by data centers, hyperscalers, and large power users.
• Connect with deep experience across OEMs, EPCs, and the equipment supply chain.