Rate Structuring & Steering the Conversation from Skepticism to Acceptance

By Prabha Kumar

The ethos and expectations of the utility management, the administration, the rate-approving body and the ratepayers intersect during every utility’s rate setting and approval process. Municipal utilities, municipal authorities and investor-owned utilities that head down the rate setting path all need to effectively address a myriad of interests and manage conversations among these four distinct stakeholder groups.