Leaders in Utility Finance
Navigate complex financial challenges with an established partner that understands your world. UFS helps electric, water, wastewater, telecommunications, gas and solid waste utilities with independent financial planning, cost of service studies and rate design services.
Services Overview
Cost of Service Studies
Our experts will help ensure that your rates recover costs by equitably allocating revenue requirements among various customer classes and defining an optimal rate structure.
Financial Planning
Plan for the future with short and long-term insights into your finances with specialized financial planning and development of key financial targets.
Rate Design
Our experts will design rates for each class of service to help meet your utility’s revenue needs and any other rate design goals and objectives you have.
Insights
We have our ears to the ground, keeping tabs on industry changes and trends. See our latest insights.
Managing New Electric Loads in a Changing Industry
Earlier this year, The American Public Power Association enlisted Utility Financial Solutions, LLC to develop the following report as part of the Moving Public Power Forward strategic initiative. You can download the report below. As new types of electric loads...
Live Local: Supporting our Municipal Electric Utilities Starts with Understanding
I’ve heard it said that individuals of the current generation would not be able to fathom life 100 years ago. Our society today is integrated with technological innovation in almost every facet of life. We depend on computers, cell phones, appliances and various forms...
Infrastructure Opportunities and Transformative Financial Planning
The increase in revenue coming from the federal government is an excellent opportunity for municipalities to make a lasting impact on their communities. Investing the grant money into building quality infrastructure can ensure that communities receive steady, reliable...
Your Dynamic
Finance Partner
As your dynamic finance partner, we know you have goals, and we’ll help you get there. Our experts know how to listen and understand your organization’s goals before our work even begins, ensuring we can provide you with the most effective solutions to suit your needs. Whether you provide electric, water, wastewater, telecommunications, gas or solid waste services, we’re ready to partner with you.
Where We Work
Alberta
Electric
Alaska
Electric
Michigan
Electric | Water | Gas |
Wastewater | Sewer | Solid Waste |
Telecom |
Arkansas
Electric | Water |
Wastewater |
California
Electric | Water |
Sewer | Wastewater |
Colorado
Electric |
Training |
Connecticut
Electric | Gas | Water |
Wastewater | Training |
Washington D.C.
Electric
Delaware
Electric | Water |
Solid Waste | Wastewater |
Florida
Electric
Georgia
Electric
Guam
Electric |
Solid Waste |
Iowa
All Utilities |
Illinois
Electric | Gas |
Wastewater | Water |
Indiana
Electric | Water |
Kansas
Electric
Kentucky
Electric | Water |
Massachusetts
Electric | Gas |
Wastewater | Water |
Maryland
Electric |
Minnesota
All Utilities |
Missouri
Electric | Gas | Wastewater |
Water | Telecom |
Mississippi
Electric | Water |
Wastewater |
North Carolina
Electric | Water |
Wastewater |
Nebraska
Electric | Solid Waste |
Telecom | Training |
New Jersey
Electric |
New Mexico
Electric |
New York
Electric |
Ohio
Electric | Telecom |
Wastewater | Water |
Oklahoma
Electric | Water |
Wastewater |
Oregon
Electric | Water |
Wastewater |
South Carolina
Electric | Gas |
Wastewater | Water |
South Dakota
Electric | Gas |
Water |
Tennessee
Electric | Gas | Wastewater |
Water | Telecom |
Texas
Electric |
Utah
Electric |
Gas |
Virginia
Solid Waste | Gas |
Telecom | Water |
Wastewater | Electric |
Vermont
Electric |
Washington
Electric |
Gas |
Wisconsin
Electric |
West Virginia
Electric | Water |
Wyoming
Electric |
Barbados
Electric
Bermuda
Electric
Cayman Islands
Water
Arizona
Water | Electric |
Wastewater | Solid Waste |
Louisiana
Electric |
Alabama
Electric |
New York
Electric |
Pennsylvania
Electric |
Where We Can Connect
Our team spends significant time in the field, leading seminars and hosting workshops; connecting with our utility partners and industry professionals. Keep checking back in to see where we will be next!
APPA Fall Education Institute
Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2024
Seattle, Washington
Cost of Service & Rate Design
Basic Cost of Service & Key Financial Concepts – Sept. 30 (Dawn Lund)
Strategic Rate Design: Trends and Distributed Generation Impacts – Oct. 1 (Mark Beauchamp)
Cost of Service Workshop: Implementation and Applications, Oct. 2 – 3 (Dan Kasbohm)
MMEA Annual Conference
Oct. 1 – 4, 2024
Blue Water Convention Center
Port Huron, MI
Dawn and Chris Lund attending