by Allison Perch | Jan 26, 2016 | Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting
Use this Financial Health Checkup for Water Utilities tool to assess the financial performance of your water (and/or wastewater) utility fund. Financial data readily available in annual financial statements are copied into this tool, which computes key financial...
by Francine | Sep 3, 2014 | Affordability, Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting
There are many ways to assess affordability of residential rates. A common metric is to compute the proportion of the Median Household Income of the community that would be spent on a year’s worth of “average bills” (termed Percent MHI). This is one...
by Francine | Dec 11, 2013 | Energy Management
A no-cost, interactive webinar to introduce U.S. EPA’s recently upgraded ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager® tool and ENERGY STAR Cash Flow Opportunity Calculator. This webinar was offered by the Environmental Finance Center at UNC Chapel Hill in partnership with the U.S....
by Francine | Nov 8, 2013 | Asset Management
An Asset Management IQ Test is presented here in order to help you review the concepts of the various core components of Asset Management. Both the test and a scoring table are also available as a printable pdf, which may be copied for use by multiple personnel within...
by Francine | Dec 16, 2012 | Fiscal Planning & Rate Setting, Managerial & Financial Leadership
Start the planning process by using this tool for a strategic approach to building your capital improvement plan. Enter in all capital projects and this spreadsheet model will project your fund balance (revenues, expenses and reserves), and necessary rate increases...
