Telecom Accounting & Business Seminars
Who Should Attend?
This 2-day course is designed for rural ILEC management, and financial and regulatory staff who require a general understanding of the state rate case and rate-making process. The course provides a good understanding of the mechanics involved in a state rate case proceeding, the various components of rate-making and various related issues.
What You'll Learn
- Roles of the participants in a rate case
- Regulatory procedures to be followed
- Typical sequence of events for a rate case filing
- Working with the Public Utilities Commission and staff
- Rate-making formula and components
- Selection of the “Test Year”
- Operating expenses and rate case adjustments
- Rate base components in a rate case
- Rate of return on rate base
- Separated results of operations by jurisdiction
- Calculating revenue requirement
- Developing the rate design
- Implementation of the Commission’s decision
- Sample work papers and calculations