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Designing Water Rate Structures for Conservation and Revenue Stability
Water conservation is critical to meeting the future water needs of Texas. Many programs may be implemented to reduce water use, and a number of utilities across the State are making strong efforts to advance water…
The Secret to Paying for Environmental Programs
Beginning around this time every year, I start to come across annual reports summarizing governmental, non-profit, and other organizations’ progress in different environmental and financial pursuits. Some annual reports are all about finance, some are…
Charging into the Question of Affordability: Residential Electric Rates in North Carolina from 2011 to 2013
David Tucker is a Project Director at the Environmental Finance Center at UNC Chapel Hill. How affordable are electric rates for “average” or “typical” residential customers in North Carolina? That is a complicated question to…
$napshot: Debt Service as Percent of Total Operating Revenues
Last Thursday, while we were presenting one of two Water Research Foundation webinars (view recordings of the webcasts for free) on the financial strategies that water utilities have or can employ to improve revenue resiliency…
Release of Revenue Resiliency Review for Water Utilities
Mary Tiger is the Chief Operating Officer of the Environmental Finance Center at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The water industry, just like any other, suffers from a variety of financial constraints and…
Financing Sustainable Energy 101: A Tool-Kit for Small Colleges and Universities
Jen Weiss is Senior Finance Analyst at the Environmental Finance Center. Sustainability on college campuses is on the rise. More than 675 colleges nationwide have become signatories of the American College & University Presidents Climate…
Sustainable Investment Options for Colleges and Universities
By Mary Sketch. Mary Sketch is a junior at Brown University concentrating in Environmental Studies with a focus in Law and Policy. She is a North Carolina native and has worked with the EFC as…
A New Environmental Education Framework: The Need for Financial Literacy
Lexi Herndon is the Marketing and Outreach Coordinator at the Environmental Finance Center at UNC Chapel Hill. Environmental education (EE) is a big fish these days. Programs are flourishing across the country, large and small,…