Local governments and utilities provide essential services to the communities that rely on them. It’s vital that they provide a high level of service and maintain revenues that sustainably support those services. As your partner, we help identify the financial policies, business processes, and customer rates and charges that will improve your financial foundation while minimizing the impact on the people that rely on you. Our goal is the equitable recovery of costs to achieve your organization’s and your community’s objectives.
The rapid proliferation of data centers, driven by AI and cloud computing advancements, presents significant opportunities and complex challenges for water utilities. These facilities often consume millions of gallons of water daily and can strain existing resources and infrastructure, necessitating thoughtful and equitable pricing strategies for water.
Ensuring access to affordable water and wastewater services is a critical challenge for many municipalities. Louisville Water and the Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District (Louisville MSD) in Kentucky and Raleigh Water in North Carolina, have taken significant steps to address this issue.
Since 2014, Raftelis has been engaged by Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) on a long-term contract to provide financial and management consulting services. PWD engaged Raftelis to review their customer information system (CIS), billing processes, and data reporting in support of its 2015 rate case. Raftelis was also engaged by PWD to provide program recommendations and assist in the implementation and rollout of the Tiered Assistance Program (TAP) plan. PWD engaged Raftelis to review their customer information system (CIS), billing processes, and data reporting in support of its 2015 rate case.
Ellio is a new cloud-based platform developed specifically for utility organizations to provide data-driven insights to help inform your decisions. Ellio’s first module, Ellio Financial, is a highly functional financial planning tool to help utilities plan for and develop solutions to financial and rate-setting challenges.
