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The Role of Economic Regulation in Influencing Financial Practices
March 27, 2013Jeff 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 … Read More about The Role of Economic Regulation in Influencing Financial Practices
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General InformationThe Lone Star State and Water Finance: The 2012 Texas Municipal Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboard
March 19, 2013David 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 … Read More about The Lone Star State and Water Finance: The 2012 Texas Municipal Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboard
Drinking Water & Wastewater, Smart Management for Small Water SystemsCost-Indexed Rate Increases
March 14, 2013Guest author Peiffer Brandt is the Chief Operating Officer at Raftelis Financial Consultants. “Patrick Cannon… voted twice against raising our water fee. That means a lot for senior citizens, families, … Read More about Cost-Indexed Rate Increases
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General InformationAre operating revenues declining for local government-owned water utilities? Evidence from six states.
March 6, 2013Shadi Eskaf is a Senior Project Director for the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina. Previous blog posts (here and here) discussed the fact that per capita … Read More about Are operating revenues declining for local government-owned water utilities? Evidence from six states.
Drinking Water & Wastewater, Financial Benchmarking, General InformationSetting Up and Clearing Hurdles in a Water Pricing Overhaul
February 26, 2013Mary Tiger is the Chief Operating Officer of the Environmental Finance Center. We have written about a number of alternative rate designs for water utilities on this blog in the … Read More about Setting Up and Clearing Hurdles in a Water Pricing Overhaul
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General InformationMore on Reserve Funds: How Much Is Too Much?
February 22, 2013Sarah 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 … Read More about More on Reserve Funds: How Much Is Too Much?
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General InformationRevolving Credit – All Grown Up
February 20, 2013Jen 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? … Read More about Revolving Credit – All Grown Up
Energy, General InformationRight-sizing Reserve Funds
February 12, 2013Jeff 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 … Read More about Right-sizing Reserve Funds
Drinking Water & Wastewater, General Information