CEA provides specific ratemaking support and regulatory analysis at both the federal and state levels. Our ratemaking services include both back office support (e.g., model development and maintenance, rate department management outsourcing) as well as all aspects of rate-related regulatory and litigation support (e.g., expert testimony, case management, settlement support). The CEA staff has extensive experience in virtually all aspects of traditional ratemaking: cost of service studies, marginal cost studies and pricing, rate design, tariff design, cost of capital, attrition of earnings, management prudence, rate base (including the fair value of rate base assets), revenue requirements, management prudence, and depreciation studies.

CEA’s has supported the ratemaking efforts in more than 30 jurisdictions. Our depth of experience and expertise, together with our client and value-focused philosophy has enables CEA’s staff to deliver high value, cost effective advisory services to a broad range of clients in a number of market segments throughout North America, including:

• Natural Gas Distribution Companies
• Electric Distribution Companies
• Integrated Utilities
• Municipal Utilities
• Investor and Municipally Owned Water Companies
• Competitive Generation Companies
• Wholesale Energy Marketers
• Retail Energy Marketers
• Natural Gas Pipelines
• Electric Transmission Companies
• Regional Transmission Organizations
• Banks and Financial Institutions
• Law Firms

Specific experience statements and references are available upon request.