Litigation Services
There are times your organization may seek litigation or arbitration to resolve a dispute. We provide economic analysis, testimony, and the detailed information needed to support legal filings and challenges.
We provide thorough analysis and testimony to support your dispute, including:
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We provide expert witness testimony in arbitration and litigation proceedings as an expert witness for rate, economic evaluations, and accounting matters.
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We will support your legal challenge or support your arbitration filing by providing economic analysis of the issues. Our team is adept at building strong supporting documentation in building a file for legal challenges and arbitration evaluatioin.
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Our experience with accounting issues involved with revenue and cost disputes leads to expert support based on the latest accounting standards.
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Our team members are experienced in depositions. We have a track record of building supporting data for legal counsel to use in support of your litigation or arbitration.
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Recent projects in include preparing legal support for a dispute over compensation for electric generation by-product production.
We prepared legal support in connection with insurance cost recoveries for utility plant in service damages.
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Recent projects include a review of joint power plant billings by the plant operator to minority unit owners. We evaluated cost allocations, direct billings, and decommissioning cost charges for accuracy and adherence to management ownership agreements to supply information in a billing dispute. The process included providing depositions on our analysis.
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We have provided economic analysis and testimony in issues on cost allocations, water rights, and insurance settlements in arbitration disputes.
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Docket 55867; Public Utility Commission of Texas - LCRA Transmission Services Corporation - Testimony on the application of cost allocations and affiliate transactions
FERC Docket No. ER20-2441-002; Basin Electric Cooperative, McKenzie Electric Cooperative, and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association - Expert witness testimony on the application of regulatory accounting, asset deferrals, cost allocations, and depreciation in wholesale and transmission rates - 2023
Litigation proceeding - Expert witness testimony on the recoverability of depreciation expense in insurance filings with investor-owned electric utility - 2022
Arbitration proceeding - Expert witness testimony on FERC accounting for production, purchase, and sale of Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) gypsum - 2022
FERC Docket No. ER18-1639-003; Constellation Mystic Power, LLC and Eastern New England Consumer-Owned Systems - Expert witness testimony on impairment accounting pertaining to acquired power plant assets - 2019
Docket No. 2017-305-E, Order No. 2018-102 - Public Service Commission of South Carolina and South Carolina Electric and Gas - Expert witness testimony on application of regulatory accounting to ratepayer cost recovery scenarios for VC Summer Nuclear Station Units 2 and 3 construction costs - 2018
FERC proceeding - Ameren and five joint action agencies - Support activities in determining the impact on wholesale power customer rates on the impairment of Ameren generating units - 2016
Arbitration proceeding - Expert witness testimony on cost recovery of common administrative costs in a jointly owned nuclear power unit (4 utilities) - 2016
Arbitration proceeding - Expert witness testimony in regards to water rights disputes between two California Utilities and accounting for water rights for power generation under a long-term purchased power agreement - 2015
Wisconsin Public Service Commission - Expert witness testimony and rate case support in connection with various filings of electric and water utilities - 1987 - present
Many clients - Presentations to oversight boards on cost-of-service and rate design studies in support of customer rate changes