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These resources are designed to help you evaluate your organization's business processes or implement best-practices to enhance your industry accounting and finance approach

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  • Accounting

    Board Member Question Guide for Financial Statements and Budgets

    This guide includes questions to ask on the financial statements to cut through the clutter so that you have the information you need to make informed decisions.

  • Rate decision process

    Board Member Question Guide for Rate Studies

    This guide includes questions to ask on cost of service and rate studies, providing you with the information you need to decide on customer rates.

  • Electric Pole Ice Damage

    ASC 980/GASB 62 Implementation Plan

    This template helps develop a roadmap to implement ASC 980/GASB 62 to defer major expenses or revenues to match electric rates to financial reporting, a key for equitable rates.

  • Electric pole with crossarm

    Standard Construction Unit Template

    This template can be used to develop electric distribution units - poles, overhead and underground conductor, meters, transformers; general plant - and their standard costs.

  • Electric pole construction process

    Work Order Process Evaluation Template

    Analyze your work order processes for efficiencies and best practices. The template break downtime FERC Accounting process into six major categories and 27 areas.

  • Construction Overhead Loading Worksheet

    Electric System Construction Using FERC

    This worksheet provides calculations for labor, materials management (stores), equipment and AFUDC overheads, and includes sample journal entries and applications.

  • Bucket trucks installing power pole

    Fixed Asset/CPR Consolidation Worksheet

    DescAccurate fixed assets lead to more accurate cost of service allocations. This worksheet shows how consolidating fixed assets results in greater accuracy and equitability in customer rates.ription goes here

  • Power Plant

    Interdepartmental Cost Allocation Worksheet

    This worksheet includes a template for the Three-point formula and other common allocators for general and administrative expenses. This approach leads to more accurate budgeting.scription goes here

  • Rate Stabilization Fund

    Board Resolution-Rate Stabilization

    Rate stabilization is a tool that will benefit your ratepayers and financial results. This requires Board approval to apply ASC 980/GASB 62 and this sample resolution meets the requirements.

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    Electric Industry 101 - FREE Course

    If you are new to the electric industry here is a high level review of the inner workings of the business! Learn how electricity gets to your house and call yourself an expert!