Custom Utility Market Research | Utility Data Platform

Market research & business intelligence for investment decision making in the electric and water utility sectors

Lantern delivers institutional-grade market research and business intelligence across electric and water utilities and their assets — to support PE professionals and Industrial Company leadership with due diligence and clarified investment decision making.

Electric & Water Utility
Industries
180K+
Tracked Assets
200+
Data Sources
48h
Update Cycle
BESS Deployments (2024 YTD)+38% YoY Orphaned Wells Inventoried117,440 Solar Interconnection Queue1,240 GW AML Reclamation Funding (BIL)$11.3B Data Center Power Demand Growth+26% CAGR Wind Capacity Additions (2024)7.2 GW IRA Clean Energy Investment$369B Coal Mine Methane Potential8.4 Bcf/yr BESS Deployments (2024 YTD)+38% YoY Orphaned Wells Inventoried117,440 Solar Interconnection Queue1,240 GW AML Reclamation Funding (BIL)$11.3B Data Center Power Demand Growth+26% CAGR Wind Capacity Additions (2024)7.2 GW IRA Clean Energy Investment$369B Coal Mine Methane Potential8.4 Bcf/yr
Custom Research

Bespoke intelligence for high-stakes decisions

Custom research engagements are supported by our proprietary data visualization and industry data & intelligence platform creating actionable strategic intelligence for PE professionals.

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Tailored Market Research
Market sizing (TAM/SAM), market growth, investment outlook, and market & technology trends to inform investment decisions for targets serving the electric & water utility industries.
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Competitive Analysis
Detailed explanation of competitive landscape, key players, ecosystem relationships, side-by-side competitor analysis, market mappings, and procurement.
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Industry Overviews – Electric & Water Utilities
Detailed overviews of the electric & water utility industries including operating & business models, ownership structures, concentration, and cycle dependency.
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Commercial Due Diligence and M&A Support
Rapid-turnaround due diligence with proprietary comparable transactions, site scoring, and regulatory risk mapping.
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State & Federal Funding and Policy Intelligence
For energy, custom analysis of IRA, BIL, and DOE loan programs; for water, analysis of state revolving funds programs, WIFIA, and — AML grants, orphaned well funding, and clean energy tax credits.
Electric Transmission
Electric Generation
Water Treatment Facility
Electric Solar
Electric Substation
Water Treatment Facility
Electric BESS
Water Treatment Facility
Water Treatment Facility
Electric Meter
Water Treatment Facility
Water Treatment Facility

Data Coverage

Utility market research supported by every layer of the energy & water landscape

Client research is grounded in foundational data for US electric and water utilities - on what's powering the electric grid to how our water infrastructure is being replaced, funded, and improved by technology.

Our platform integrates datasets that have never been connected before — unlocking intelligence that changes how deals get done.

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Electric Utilities & Grid Assets

All US electric utilities by ownership type – municipal, IOU, and state/federal with key leadership contact info - and key asset data for renewables - wind, solar, battery, hydro - and conventional power - coal, natural gas, and nuclear. Operating, planned, retired, or to be retired.

Renewables: Solar | Wind | Batteries | Hydro | Geothermal

Conventional: Coal | Natural Gas | Nuclear

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Water Utilities, Water Infrastructure & Funding

All US-based water utilities by ownership type – municipal, IOU, and state/federal with key leadership contact info - all other public water systems, water & wastewater facilities, funding databases, and detailed real-time water utility projects & procurement.


Subscription Plans - Visuals & Data

Access calibrated to your needs

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Tier 01
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  • Full platform dashboard access
  • Core visualizations for
  • Electric Utilities
  • Water Utilities
  • Standard maps & filters (by state, size, year)
  • Export tool
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DATA
Tier 03
Lantern Data Download
Custom pricing
  • Everything in Lantern Explorer
  • Unlimited data downloads
  • Monthly data updates
  • Enhanced support
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Who We Serve

Built for professionals driving the transition

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PE Energy Funds
Energy transition investment firms
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PE Infrastructure Funds
Infrastructure investment professionals
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Industrials
Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
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Water Utilities
Water utility executive & leadership teams
Electric Utilities
Electric utility executives & leaders
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Renewable Energy Developers
Renewable energy project developers

Our Advantage

The cross-asset intelligence layer

No other platform connects the full picture from abandoned asset to clean energy opportunity in a single view.

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Renewable Resource Quality

Solar irradiance, wind class, BESS viability, co-location options

Grid Proximity & Capacity

Substation distance, available MW, transmission constraints, queue position

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Comparable Transactions

Closed deal data, $/MW benchmarks, deal structure intelligence

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Abandoned Asset Location & Status

Mine acreage, reclamation status, environmental classification, land ownership

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Federal Funding Eligibility

AML grants, IRA energy community adders, DOE programs, orphaned well funding

"The full-stack view — from abandoned mine to clean energy opportunity — is where our platform creates an edge no spreadsheet can replicate."

Our competitive moat grows with every dataset we integrate and every consulting engagement we complete. The more we know, the more defensible the platform becomes.

Non-rival data assets High switching cost Network effects Low marginal cost Compounding value
Key Data Sources
→ OSMRE e-AMLIS→ MSHA Mine Data → FERC Queues → ORNL HydroSource→ DOE LBNL → State O&G Registries→ EPA ECHO
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