Utility Industry Insights

This course is designed to provide in-depth and extensive foundational details on how organizations can first establish an AM practice, including the underlying business processes, to produce functional AM results within their organization. This will include extensive discussions within the following areas: AM Foundation; AM Intelligence; AM Planning; AM Execution; and AM Improvement. CONTACT MELISSA ISERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION

Our Utility Fundamentals + Insights courses adopt a fresh and interactive educational platform providing attendees with a deep understanding of how the electric and gas utility industries work, and an improved awareness of their own roles within their organizations. Participants also acquire a broad comprehension of critical issues affecting the energy industry, as well as the interplay between utilities and stakeholders. UFI courses are available as both open courses and through some WEI member companies. Learn More

Utility Regulation + Ratemaking courses provide an overview of various regulatory bodies and how they set rates.  

• US Cost-of-Service: This course provides an overview of the role that State Public Utility Commissions have when setting customer rates for investor-owned electric and gas companies. Investor-owned utilities include privately owned entities and those with shares traded on stock markets. This model also generally applies to Cooperatives.
• Publicly-Owned Utilities: This course provides an overview of the budgeting and rate approval process for utilities owned by the public, including municipally owned utilities and public utility districts.
• Canadian Investor-Owned Utilities: This course provides the Provincial regulation and ratemaking process for privately-owned Canadian utilities, including Provincially Owned organizations such as BC Hydro. It is also used in Alberta to set electric transmission and gas transportation rates.
• Performance-Based Rates: Rate regulation for electric and gas distribution utilities in Alberta is performed under a form of performance-based regulation. This course provides an overview of this process and the role of the Alberta Utilities Commission.

Meets multiple times throughout the year. In this constantly changing environment of the energy industry the webinar offerings provide you the opportunity to stay engaged and updated on emerging topics along with staying connected with leading industry experts The various webinars will be a collaboration with energy and/or service company providers on a wide range of timely and relevant topics to provide value to our members