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Managing Growth and Volatility 2014 American Water Summit Houston, Texas Jeff Hughes Environmental Finance Center (919) 843-4956 jhughes@unc.edu http://efc.sog.unc.edu @EFCatUNC Helping communities provide environmental programs and


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Managing Growth and Volatility

2014 American Water Summit Houston, Texas Jeff Hughes Environmental Finance Center (919) 843-4956 jhughes@unc.edu

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@EFCatUNC

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Helping communities provide environmental programs and services in fair, effective, and financially sustainable ways through:

  • Applied Research
  • Teaching and Outreach
  • Program Design and Evaluation

How you pay for it matters

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Water Finance Research

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Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboards

http://www.efc.sog.unc.edu/node/104

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Video Series on Financial Topics for Water Utilities

New Business Models for the Water Industry

http://efc.web.unc.edu/2014/10/16/waterclips/

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What growth do you want?

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10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 20,000 22,000 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0

Customer Accounts Water Sales (million gallons per day average)

Actual Water Sales Accounts

Managing Declining Volumetric Sales

Reclaimed Water Use Begins Conservation Pricing Changes in 2002 and 2007

SLIDE SOURCE: OWASA

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Is it variable or is it gone??

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Annual MGD

Actual Annual 5-Year Moving Average 1967 SWD Forecast 1973 RIBCO Forecast 1980 Complan Forecast Medium 1980 Complan Forecast Medium-Low 1985 Complan Forecast-Medium 1993 WSP Forecast

Source: Seattle Public Utilities

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Fixed Versus Variable: Expenses and Revenues

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Expenses Revenues

Newport News Waterworks: Revenue and Expenses

Expenses Revenues

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities: Revenue and Expenses (2008)

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Cumulative bill increases for 1,961 utilities in six states compared to CPI by region

Rates are Increasing

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Industry Revenue Growth Roller Coaster

Annual change in total operating revenues among the same 485 utilities nationwide

  • ­‑4% ¡
  • ­‑2% ¡

0% ¡ 2% ¡ 4% ¡ 6% ¡ 8% ¡ 10% ¡ 12% ¡ 14% ¡ 16% ¡ 18% ¡ 2004 ¡to ¡ 2005 ¡ 2005 ¡to ¡ 2006 ¡ 2006 ¡to ¡ 2007 ¡ 2007 ¡to ¡ 2008 ¡ 2008 ¡to ¡ 2009 ¡ 2009 ¡to ¡ 2010 ¡ 2010 ¡to ¡ 2011 ¡

¡Annual ¡Change ¡ ¡to ¡the ¡Total ¡Opera1ng ¡Revenues ¡ Between ¡Years ¡

Interquartile ¡ range ¡(25th ¡to ¡ 75th ¡percentiles) ¡ Median ¡

Data ¡analyzed ¡by ¡the ¡Environmental ¡Finance ¡Center ¡at ¡the ¡University ¡of ¡North ¡Carolina, ¡Chapel ¡Hill ¡and ¡Raftelis ¡Financial ¡Consultants, ¡Inc. ¡Data ¡ Source: ¡Moody's ¡Water ¡and ¡Sewer ¡Municipal ¡Financial ¡Ratio ¡Analysis. ¡ ¡The ¡cohort ¡of ¡485 ¡utilities ¡ ¡is ¡consistent ¡across ¡all ¡years. ¡

Revenues increased

Revenues decreased

High revenue growth Low revenue growth

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Operating Revenues vs. Rate Increases

(2004 to 2010)

Data analysis by the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina. Data sources: 2010 and 2004 RFC/AWWA Water and Wastewater Rates Survey Data for 82 Utilities

1 ¡to ¡1 ¡Line ¡

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Rate Increases and Revenue

10% 17% 10% 4% 12% 3% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18%

2007 2008 2009

Rate Increase Percent Change in Revnue

SLIDE SOURCE: OWASA

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(Revenue Side) Business Strategies

  • Modified pricing
  • New pricing models
  • More conservative projections
  • More sophisticated use of reserves
  • Use of revenue insurance products?
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Where can you find more?

efc.web.unc.edu Follow us on Twitter: @EFCatUNC

Subscribe to our Environmental Finance Blog Tools, trainings, assistance and resources

www.efc.sog.unc.edu

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Contact Information

Jeff Hughes Director Environmental Finance Center at UNC 919-843-4956 jhughes@sog.unc.edu