The Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Finance Workshop will be taught by the Environmental Finance Center at the School of Government. The course will cover utility fee setting, public outreach and communications, innovative uses for stormwater revenues, legal considerations, regulatory considerations, … Read more
Creating customer classes can be an effective method of allocating the cost of service to different types of users. Utilities often use customer classes to meet their various rate-setting objectives, such as prioritizing revenue stability and ensuring affordability. However, it … Read more
The presentation slides can be found here. This webinar will discuss how to think about water and wastewater systems as a financial entity and will examine the key financial indicators that allow systems to make informed decisions in planning and … Read more
Description The Environmental Finance Center's annual Water and Wastewater Finance Strategies workshop will provide utility practitioners with new skills and up-to-date information on pricing, infrastructure finance planning strategies, and funding resources. Lead Faculty: Erin Riggs, Executive Director, UNC Environmental Finance … Read more
The UNC EFC's Anna Patterson participated in the Career Institute Panel on behalf of the UNC Environmental Finance Center. The panel discussion was targeted at students in the Department of City and Regional Planning and focused on research being conducted … Read more
Description: On March 29, 2023, the UNC EFC's Tom Roberts participated in a panel discussion entitled “Solving Water Issues through Regional and National Collaborations”. The panel was part of the 2023 Mississippi Water Resources Conference hosted by the Mississippi State … Read more
Description: Tune in for a no-cost, 60-minute, interactive webinar to learn about the Iowa Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Rates Dashboards, as well as information about benchmarks for sustainable rates and finances for your system. Learn how to use this free … Read more
Recording can be found here. Description: In this webinar, we will describe low interest loans, their merits, and demonstrate two tools to help evaluate different loan options and their financial impact. We introduce the Subsidized Loan Calculator, which allows … Read more
Description: The UNC EFC will be co-hosting two-single day workshops focusing on water, wastewater, and stormwater finance strategies for local governments in western North Carolina. Representatives from North Carolina's Department of Water Infrastructure (DWI) will be appearing to discuss DWI … Read more
Event: Tribal Utilities Forum Presentation Description: This session will discuss how to consider a water and wastewater system as a financial entity and examine the key financial indicators that allow these systems to make informed decisions in planning and … Read more
* This is a hybrid event. Attendees can attend either in person at the address above or virtually via Zoom. Description: Running a small system can be challenging. Along with meeting regulatory obligations and satisfying customer expectations, you may have … Read more
Description: Attend this two-hour live virtual workshop to understand better financial benchmarks that can help you support utility operations for today and tomorrow. This training will cover what options you have when setting rates to balance financial sustainability and the … Read more
