Learn the most important concepts behind COS and rate design and how to interpret common rate components on a bill. This is an introduction for non-financial utility professionals (e.g., operations, engineering, customer service, communications), or newer finance staff, who want a practical understanding of what drives rate changes. Learn about the key steps that connect revenue requirement, cost allocation, and rate components.

Yesterday’s rigid succession plans won’t build tomorrow’s leaders. Your organization needs a nimble, embedded approach that uses technology and data to align talent with evolving roles and anticipate workforce needs. Learn a fresh, practical perspective for turning succession planning from a routine HR exercise into a true leadership advantage. Examine a case study involving how one organization redeployed talent, preserved institutional knowledge, and built agile leadership pipelines when it faced the closure of a power plant.

Learn strategies to transform your key financial information and concepts into plain language to provide your organizational leaders outside of finance with a clear understanding of where your utility stands. Discuss tips and review examples of how utilities have helped translate capital planning, rate considerations, and regulatory measures into more digestible materials.

Hear directly from a representative from the Governmental Accounting Standards Board on how the latest changes to the standards affect your public power utility’s accounting and reporting.

Doors open at 7:30 am. Please be seated by 8:30 am for breakfast service.