K&A Engineering Consulting, P.C., a utilities consulting firm, won program management services for Central Maine Power Co. (CMP, a unit of Avangrid) and USAID’s Scaling Up Renewable Energy II (SURE II) contract work for Energy II IDIQ.
The addition of these two contracts means K&A’s 2020 expected annual revenue will top $25 million, up from $11 million in 2019. Equally as notable is that $14 million in growth happened amidst a global pandemic, where many clients scaled back contracts or put work off completely.
The CMP multi-year award is to help them successfully execute interconnection agreements in accordance with Maine’s new climate change legislation. Throughout this $28 million, three-year engagement, K&A will be providing planning, scheduling, monitoring, controlling, reporting, mapping, SHEQ1, engineering project management, field construction management, procurement services support and construction and commissioning management services.
The purpose of SURE II is to assist partner countries in increasing the level of and integrating renewable energy and new technology into their electricity mixes using a cost effective, reliable, and environmentally friendly methodology that enables countries to achieve greater self-reliance. This 5-year project, scheduled to commence October 1, 2020, will include work in multiple countries and K&A will be providing professional, administrative, and technical personnel support to meet USAID’s objectives.
K&A was formed in late 2016 and serves the electric utilities industry, with a focus on clean and alternative energy, by providing a full range of transmission, distribution, and substation engineering and design consulting services. In 2017, the company became revenue-bearing, earning $1 million in revenue, and has grown exponentially over four years. Looking forward, K&A President & CEO, Purna Kharel P.E., expects revenue velocity to continue to grow aggressively in the coming years. In addition to White Plains, they have offices in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Long Island and Illinois.
