Course overview
Cost-of-service studies help service providers and regulators understand the resources required to deliver reliable services and the implications for tariffs, efficiency and affordability.
The course covers data collection, cost allocation, regulatory review, modelling and the preparation of a defensible rate case.
Who this is for
Regulators, utilities, service providers, finance teams, tariff specialists and public authorities.
Participants will be able to
- Understand cost-of-service principles
- Assess tariff-design objectives
- Improve data collection and auditability
- Analyse prudent and efficient costs
- Use deterministic and scenario models
- Prepare and present a rate case
Principal course areas
- Ratemaking principles
- Regulatory roles
- Data collection and audit
- Cost allocation
- Demand forecasting
- Modelling techniques
- Scenario planning
- Rate-case preparation