Financial Pathways to the Utility of the Future

2 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern

Registration

This is the first of six webinars in the Accounting & Finance Webinar Series.

• Click here to register for Financial Pathways to the Utility of the Future webinar.
• Click here to register for the 6-part series at a discounted rate.

Series Description

This is the first in a 6-part Accounting & Finance Webinar Series. Review public power case studies and get insights from the experts on key accounting and finance topics. Learn about new standards, regulatory requirements, and future trends, while earning CPE credits. Sign up for webinars individually or register for the full series at a discounted rate. You’ll also get access to recordings and slides for future reference.

Webinar Description

The electric utility of the future will deal with increasing distributed generation, microgrids, changing loads, and real-time pricing. How should your finance functions evolve? Gear up for resource constraints, a shrinking workforce, sustainability accounting requirements, convergence of broadband and electricity, cloud services to customers, increasing data analytics, and other evolutions. Find out how to plan and manage your financial information to support real-time decision-making for the future, without overlooking a historical record.

Topics

• Financial reporting
• Rate structures and cost recovery
• Changes in technology
• Use of artificial intelligence in financial processing and reporting
• Skills required by the finance professionals of the future

Who Should Participate

The series reviews key accounting and finance topics for public power utilities of different sizes and with a variety of governing structures. CEOs, general managers, finance and accounting personnel, rate analysts, and other utility staff involved in management and financial planning will benefit.

Speaker

Russ Hissom, CPA, CIA, CISA, Partner, Energy & Utilities Group, Baker Tilly, Madison, Wisconsin. Russ has extensive experience in providing risk advisory and internal audit services, implementing and improving work order asset management systems, software selection and implementation projects, financial and compliance audits, management audits, business process and controls reviews, establishing succession planning programs, and operational and financial training for utilities. He is a co-author of recent publications on Information Technology Governance, Sustainability Accounting Standards for Utilities and Developing an Effective Utility Software Selection Process.

Registration/Fee Information

Individual webinars: $99 for Association members; $199 for nonmembers

• Click here to register for the Financial Pathways to the Utility of the Future webinar. 

The six-part series (discounted rate): $495 for Association members; $995 for nonmembers

• Click here to register for the 6-part series.
• Learn more about the series.
• Webinars are recorded and available for playback, in case you miss the live version.