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Guest author Catherine Noyes is an Associate Consultant at Raftelis Financial Consultants. Through the 1960s, the utility business was all about protecting public health – making sure that technology was in place to ensure safe…

Mary Tiger is the Chief Operating Officer of the Environmental Finance Center. How would you like to get a check from your water utility instead of sending them one? This blog has included a few…

Sarah Royster is a graduate student with the UNC School of Public Health pursuing a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering.  She works as a Research Assistant with the Environmental Finance Center. Economic decline in the…

Jen Weiss is a Finance Analyst at the Environmental Finance Center.  Yes, energy efficiency is the low hanging fruit of the energy world.  And yes, the southeastern United States has even been referred to as…

Dayne Batten is a Research Assistant for the EFC and second year MPA student at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Government. Traditional engineering plans suggest that, when customer demand approaches the maximum daily capacity of a…

Glenn Barnes is a senior project director at the Environmental Finance Center at The University of North Carolina and is director of the Sustainable Finance for Wetland Programs project. EPA is encouraging all states and…

Jeff Hughes is the Director of the Environmental Finance Center. Ask any utility manager to list the top business drivers and the “R-word”, Regulation, is likely to be near the top.  Given the financial implications…

David Tucker is a Project Director for the Environmental Finance Center. Texas, the Lone Star State, is the second largest state in the union, and the second most populous. That means a lot of thirsty…