whatIf? Technologies has been active in the field of energy systems analysis since its founding in 1989 and indeed since the founders' work on the Socio-Economic Resource model and its antecedents at Statistics Canada in the 1980s.

This experience, in combination with the whatIf? Modeling Platform, makes whatIf? Technologies a leader in the area of energy systems analysis. Two sets of services are offered:

• Analytic services based on the use of of the Canadian Energy Systems Simulator (CanESS) developed by whatIf? Technologies
• Development of custom energy models for nations, regions, municipalities and utilities concerned with the production and use of energy and and related emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria air contaminants