Sewer utilities typically use rate structures designed to ensure cost recovery, promote fairness among customer classes, and encourage water conservation. Unlike water utilities, which can meter usage directly, sewer utilities often rely on estimates or indirect methods to determine customer discharge volumes. While ratemaking is fairly straightforward, there are some innovations.

Industrial customers may comprise a large portion of the load and volume of your electric, gas, wastewater, and water services. They are the customers that can be economic drivers in the community. They can also be the customers that require specific services or expansion of your facilities.

How do you provide financial security for the co-op/utility and rat equity for your other ratepayers? An industrial services contract is one method that is proven to work.