Enerji Programları
K07.The Fundamentals of Gas & Electric Utility Rates
Understanding the utility rate-making process and how it translates into utility profits doesn’t have to be confusing.
This comprehensive and easy-to-follow course will help you master the fundamentals of energy utility rates and understand the financial and accounting differences between regulated and unregulated companies. This seminar is a "must" for anyone who wants a better understanding of how the natural gas and electric power utilities really operate.
What You Will Learn:
1. Plain English explanations of a wide-variety of natural gas and electric power rate and regulatory topics.
2. A review of the terms and jargon used in the regulatory process and the steps of a rate case.
3. Why utilities file rate cases, the types of analyses they conduct to support these filings, and how the financial drivers for regulated utilities differ from unregulated businesses.
4. Methods to improve profitability within utilities, and the differences of various rate case procedures.
5. How pricing structures are designed within rate proceedings, and the different cost components of the base rate case.
You Will Also Learn:
1. Gas rate structures and how to read tariffs and analyze bills.
2. Electric rate structures and how to determine if there are more advantageous rate structures for the customer.
3. The creative rate structures used in deregulated environments, and how to calculate comparisons between regulated and deregulated supply procurement.
