Power and Utilities Consulting
Rate Studies | Accounting | Testimony | Litigation | Financial Analysis | Training
About Utility Accounting & Rates Specialists
Our Approach
We equip power and utilities providers with financial tools and insights to manage their business and meet the future of the industry.
We specialize in consulting and advisory services to electric cooperatives and power and utilities providers.
How we serve
We assemble teams of professionals, experienced in the power and utilities industry, who focus on cost-of-service and rates, accounting, financial analysis, and process improvements. They will deliver practical and innovative solutions that benefit your organization.
Who we serve
We serve electric cooperatives and power and utilities providers of electric, gas, wastewater, water, and telecommunications services.
Services Overview >
Rate Studies
Our power and utilities industry experience provides your cooperative or utility with innovative broadband, electric, gas, wastewater, and water cost-of-service and rate design studies.
Accounting Advisory
We provide practical accounting, fixed asset, and business process solutions designed to improve reporting and promote efficient business processes.
Regulatory
We serve as your expert in economic analysis and testimony for rate or other approvals before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state regulatory bodies.
Litigation
When differences cannot be settled, we serve as your expert in analyzing costs, revenues, and other pertinent issues. We provide expert testimony in litigation and arbitration.
Financial Analysis
We provide financial insights that will aid your organization’s decision-making process regarding short- and long-term planning, market feasibility analysis, project funding, and timing of rate increases.
Training
Our online/on-demand course library includes over 30 hours of content in FERC, RUS, and construction accounting, financial analysis, and cost of service and rates. Course tracks are designed for new employees, experienced team and Board members.
Case Studies >
We performed a cost-of-serve and rate design study to assist a client evaluate its cost-of-electric service and designed rates for emerging customer needs in distributed generation, time-of-use, and electric vehicles.
We provide expert witness testimony for clients in regulatory hearings, arbitration, and litigation in the area of rates, accounting, and economic analysis. Here are examples of dockets, litigation, and arbitration matters.
We assisted a client in improving the connection between fixed asset accounting and the cost of electric service and rate design as they implemented a new ERP system.
Here is our approach in assisting a client in implementing FERC accounting to improve business reporting, cost-of-service and rate design studies.
Upcoming Events >
Instructors for American Public Power Association virtual “Advanced Public Utility Accounting” course
Presenting Live Webinar on the RUS Uniform System of Accounts, Electric Construction Accounting, Patronage Capital, and Cash Reserve Strategies - June 11, 2024
Instructors for Northeast Public Power Association “Introductory Public Utility Accounting” course - Littleton, MA
Speaking at APPA Business & Financial Conference on “Designing Electric Vehicle Rates”