Utility rate consulting

Utility rate consulting

Providing essential safe drinking water, sewer, stormwater, and electric services to your communities and constituents at a manageable cost is critical. Our experienced team of public sector utility specialists can help municipal utilities with their rate-making needs.

Help your clients fund utility services


Utilities must navigate a range of issues, including complex rules and regulations and fair ratemaking, in the face of rising costs and demand. At the same time, they need to plan ahead so they can sustainably provide essential services far into the future.

Our expertise can help utilities deliver services efficiently.

Manage utility rates in ways that meet expectations

Setting the right rates for water, sewer, stormwater, and electric services is more than a matter of balancing revenues and expenditures. The results of this process should be recognized as fair by both governing authorities and the citizens you serve.

Our detailed approach can help you develop a robust, well-documented, and clear ratemaking system that you can justify to your stakeholders.

We understand utility rate challenges – and solutions

As utility rate consultants and registered municipal advisors who have served a variety of clients, we can work with you through every step of the process – from your ratemaking process to closing on a bond issuance to fund critical infrastructure and improvements.

Our consultants have deep expertise, and some have worked in the public sector themselves, including municipal utility finance offices. We offer extensive experience, including an understanding of the funding and financing constraints municipalities face.

Our utility rate consulting services


We provide a range of services that support sound utility rates.

Water, sewer, stormwater, and electric rate studies

Utility regulatory consulting

Bond issuance

Water, sewer, stormwater, and electric rate studies

Utility regulatory consulting

Bond issuance

State revolving fund loans and rural development loans

Budgeting and long-term capital planning

Stakeholder communication, presentation, and implementation

State revolving fund loans and rural development loans

Budgeting and long-term capital planning

Stakeholder communication, presentation, and implementation

How we can help you

We can help your public sector organization get on the right track for utility ratemaking.

Implement the right rates
We can provide sound guidance, informed by decades of experience, on setting fair and viable rates.
Formulate the right strategy
We can help you uncover new and innovative solutions to tomorrow’s utility challenges – today.
Find the right approach to funding
We can work with you to develop actionable financing plans that sustain healthy operations.
Learn about some of our public sector accomplishments

Instill trust and confidence in your utility rates


If your utility is facing major challenges and you’re wondering what your next move should be, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Our experienced public sector utility consulting team can quickly get a handle on your issues and provide field-tested solutions for utility ratemaking, strategic planning, regulatory guidance, capital project financing, and more.

Angie Steeno
Angie Steeno
Principal, Municipal Advisory Leader
Jennifer-Wilson-Social
Jennifer Z. Wilson
Managing Director, Consulting