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.
When designing utility rates, it can be a challenge to meet the sometimes competing objectives of affordability and equity. The City of Burlington, Vermont found a way to strike that balance by involving customers in crafting their solution.
In 2021, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and provided State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to help communities who experienced financial losses due to the pandemic.
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.
