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Revolving Credit – All Grown Up
Jen Weiss is a Finance Analyst at the Environmental Finance Center. Quick … what do you think of when you hear the word “revolving?” A revolving door? A revolving restaurant? Perhaps a revolving credit card?…
Right-sizing Reserve Funds
Jeff Hughes is the Director of the Environmental Finance Center. “How much should our utility maintain in reserves?” This is one of the most common questions I get from utility managers during my finance courses….
EPA Managerial Capacity Guidebook: A Review
Caroline Simpson is a graduate student with the UNC School of Information and Library Science and works as a Research Assistant with the Environmental Finance Center. Utility managers may find new perspectives on water system…
Multi-year Rate Increases: “Taking the Politics Out?”
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 many states, ask a water utility manager…
State Green Banks: Funding a Greener Tomorrow, Today
Chris Kenrick is a Research Assistant at the Environmental Finance Center and is pursuing dual master’s degrees in information science and public administration. If any of you are like me, then you probably spent a good…
Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans Gains Rate Increase Approval
Guest author Peiffer Brandt is the Chief Operating Officer at Raftelis Financial Consultants. “New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board customers will see their monthly water and sewer rates more than double by 2020 after the…
Generating Carbon Credits from Wetlands
Glenn Barnes is a senior project director at the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina. Glenn is the project manager of the Sustainable Finance for Wetland Programs project funded by the U.S….
Percent MHI as an Indicator of Affordability of Residential Rates: Using the U.S. Census Bureau’s Median Household Income Data
Shadi Eskaf is a senior project director for the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “What is the [national/state/recommended] threshold of affordable rates? Is it 2.5 percent MHI?” If…