UTILITY FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING FOR FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS

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CPE CREDIT for CPAs available for all States 

Prerequisite — Completion of FAI’s Seminar for Non-Financial Professionals or a position at the utility in the finance, accounting or the rates area or an educational background including at least three classes in accounting. 22 CPE Credits for CPAs.

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OUTLINE OF THE SEMINAR TOPICS

Rate of Return Regulation  

– Basics of Ratemaking
– Determination of Rate Base
– Revenue Requirement Issues

Modifications to Rate of Return Regulation
– Adjustment Clauses, Trackers, Riders, Deferrals
– Rate Freezes, Decoupling
– Preapprovals
– Formula Ratemaking

Energy and Gas Adjustment Clauses 

GAAP For Utilities
– Why and How GAAP Differs
– Plant Write-Offs
– Regulatory Assets and When to Remove Them

Capitalization Versus Expense
– GAAP, Tax, Ratemaking and Managerial Accounting
– Influences and Motivations
– Problems in Recovery of Plant Costs
– Retirement Units of Property

Plant Issues
– Accounting for Plant Retirement
– Risks of Reserve Deficiency
– Asset Retirement Obligations
– Mass Property Accounting

Accounting for Income Taxes
– Permanent Differences
– Temporary Differences

A Problem of Definition  
– Statement of Cash Flows
– Different Definitions for New Income, Op Inc and Cash Flow

CWIP and AFUDC
– AFUDC versus Interest Capitalization

Conclusions

 

HOTEL AND CITY INFORMATION

BOSTON 

The Boston Seminar will be at the Omni  Parker House – 60 School Street,  Boston. We have reserved a block of sleeping rooms at the hotel for the nights of October 25 – Nov 4.

Click link: Omni Parker House for a reservation

 

LAS VEGAS 

Golden Nugget
129 East Fremont Street
Las Vegas NV 89101

We have reserved a block of rooms at the hotels where the seminars will be held.  Book early. The block of rooms well be held open until a month before the seminar. This is an AAA four diamond hotel but we negotiated a low weekday rate. To get the group rate click on the link below or call (800) 634-3454 and give them the Group Code. You will probably want to make a reservation arriving the day before the seminar.

 

For our May 29-31 Seminar —  Room nights available May 28 – June 1

Click link: Golden Nugget May or call and give them this Group Code GSFAI24 (the I in this group code is the capital letter I)

For our Oct 22-24 Seminar —  Room nights Oct 21-24

Click link: Golden Nugget Oct 22-24 or call and give them this Group Code GSFA10D (the 1 in this group code is the number 1 and the 0 is zero)

 

If you are staying at the Golden Nugget hotel, the newer tower is the Rush Tower. In any case, when you check in you should ask for a room away from Fremont Street (which can be noisy at night.)

We will have a Continental Breakfast each morning and Lunch will be provided and we hope you can join us for cocktails after class the first day.

Class begins at 8 AM ends at 4 PM (except last day we end at 3).

Dress is casual but you could bring a sweater or jacket as the temperature in the meeting room may vary.

 

For a list of organizations who have sent people to our classes, look at our previous participant list.