Ridley & Associates, Inc. is a Massachusetts-based corporation serving clients nationwide. The firm focuses on public policy and market development, strategic and natural resources planning, and economic analysis. Clients include major cities, groups of local governments, state agencies, and private businesses. The firm offers both traditional approaches to long term planning problems, and outside-the-box thinking for emerging conditions. Ridley & Associates is noted as a leader in creating cutting-edge solutions to new challenges facing public institutions and businesses.

The principals of the firm provide direct services, or convene and manage multi-discipline teams, drawing upon individuals and firms noted for particular expertise or technical engineering, economic, or legal skills. Teams often involve collaborative work with local government committees, or in-house staff of a client.

The firm's practice focuses on three areas: Energy Policy and Market Development for Local and State Governments, Economic and Natural Resource Development for Local Governments, and Public Policy and Marketing Analysis for Private Clients.

Areas of Focus

Energy Policy and Market Development for Local and State Governments

The firm has a national reputation for projects involving competitive purchase of energy, development of strategy and policy for competitive energy markets, and formulation of analysis and reports concerning the electric utility industry. It has helped to pioneer concepts of public aggregation of consumers, and has managed precedent-setting projects that have led to state legislation. It has also assisted in drafting both state and federal legislation on utility issues, and has managed formulation of planning for energy efficiency and development of distributed resources. A special focus is on community energy strategy and planning. The firm advises the two largest public aggregation projects in the nation.

Economic and Natural Resource Development for Local Governments

The firm provides services on varied projects ranging from natural resource protection and use to economic development of targeted urban areas. This work includes development of funding mechanisms, public process, strategic planning, marketing analysis, legislative and regulatory analysis and representation, media work, and public education.
A special focus is on multi-town policy development for use of natural resources.

Public Policy and Marketing Analysis for Private Clients

The firm provides services to private business on public policy, strategic planning, media, and market analysis. This area of practice is focused on the transportation sector and involves local, state, and federal policy-making.

The firm's client, project, and report lists, as well as resumes of principals are available upon request.