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Finding the Path to the Next Rate Increase
Jeff Hughes is a Faculty member at the UNC School of Government and the Director of the UNC Environmental Finance Center. The EFC carries out a lot of research and produces a number of tools that track and…
Tap dancing around impact fees: Residential connection fees for drinking water and wastewater systems in GA and NC
David R. Tucker is a Project Director at the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My work at the UNC Environmental Finance Center frequently centers around the study, benchmarking, and understanding…
$napshot: Utility Rate Increases versus Revenue Increases
A $napshot is a graphic revealing an interesting environmental finance finding accompanied by a short post. This $napshot was created by Shadi Eskaf. While revenues usually rise as water and wastewater rates increase, revenues generally…
More than Meets the Metric: Credit Rating Considerations for Water Utilities
Mary Tiger is the Chief Operating Officer of the Environmental Finance Center at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Measurements, benchmarks, and metrics. We’re no stranger to them at the Environmental Finance Center. In…
Structuring Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Finance Programs
Glenn Barnes is a Senior Project Director with the Environmental Finance Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For the past several years, the Environmental Finance Center has worked to set up…
Keeping up with Fiscal Year Ends in Georgia
Stacey Isaac Berahzer is a Senior Project Director for the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina, and works from a satellite office in Georgia. In each of the 12 months of…
Solid Waste Finance: Controlling Costs Through Innovative Waste Management and Reduction Programs
Lexi Kay Herndon is the Marketing and Outreach Coordinator at the Environmental Finance Center at UNC Chapel Hill. Trash. Most of us don’t really think about it – you throw it in the bin, a…
For the times (of residential electricity use in N.C.), they are a-changin’
Tweet // David R. Tucker is a Project Director at the Environmental Finance Center at UNC Chapel Hill It’s the season of Halloween, and for some, this time of ghosts and goblins, zombies and vampires…