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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


  1. 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

  2. Helping communities provide environmental programs and services in fair, effective, and financially sustainable ways through: • Applied Research How you pay for it matters • Teaching and Outreach • Program Design and Evaluation http://efc.sog.unc.edu @EFCatUNC 2

  3. Water Finance Research

  4. Water and Wastewater Rates Dashboards http://www.efc.sog.unc.edu/node/104

  5. Video Series on Financial Topics for Water Utilities New Business Models for the Water Industry http://efc.web.unc.edu/2014/10/16/waterclips/

  6. What growth do you want?

  7. Managing Declining Volumetric Sales 9.0 22,000 Water Sales (million gallons per day 8.5 20,000 8.0 7.5 18,000 average) Customer Accounts 7.0 6.5 16,000 Conservation Pricing Changes 6.0 in 2002 and 2007 14,000 5.5 Reclaimed 5.0 Water Use 12,000 Begins 4.5 4.0 10,000 Actual Water Sales Accounts SLIDE SOURCE: OWASA

  8. Is it variable or is it gone?? 240 220 200 180 160 140 Annual MGD 120 Actual Annual 100 5-Year Moving Average 1967 SWD Forecast 80 1973 RIBCO Forecast 60 1980 Complan Forecast Medium 40 1980 Complan Forecast Medium-Low 1985 Complan Forecast-Medium 20 1993 WSP Forecast 0 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Source: Seattle Public Utilities

  9. Fixed Versus Variable: Expenses and Revenues Newport News Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities: Waterworks: Revenue and Revenue and Expenses (2008) Expenses 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Expenses Revenues Expenses Revenues 9

  10. Rates are Increasing Cumulative bill increases for 1,961 utilities in six states compared to CPI by region

  11. Industry Revenue Growth Roller Coaster 18% ¡ ¡Annual ¡Change ¡ ¡to ¡the ¡Total ¡Opera1ng ¡Revenues ¡ High 16% ¡ revenue 14% ¡ growth 12% ¡ Interquartile ¡ 10% ¡ Low range ¡(25th ¡to ¡ Between ¡Years ¡ 75th ¡percentiles) ¡ 8% ¡ revenue Revenues increased 6% ¡ growth 4% ¡ Median ¡ 2% ¡ 0% ¡ decreased Revenues -­‑2% ¡ -­‑4% ¡ 2004 ¡to ¡ 2005 ¡to ¡ 2006 ¡to ¡ 2007 ¡to ¡ 2008 ¡to ¡ 2009 ¡to ¡ 2010 ¡to ¡ 2005 ¡ 2006 ¡ 2007 ¡ 2008 ¡ 2009 ¡ 2010 ¡ 2011 ¡ 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. ¡ Annual change in total operating revenues among the same 485 utilities nationwide

  12. Operating Revenues vs. Rate Increases (2004 to 2010) 1 ¡to ¡1 ¡Line ¡ 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

  13. Rate Increases and Revenue 18% 17% 16% 14% 12% 12% 10% 10% 10% 8% 6% 4% 4% 3% 2% 0% 2007 2008 2009 Rate Increase Percent Change in Revnue SLIDE SOURCE: OWASA

  14. (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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  16. Where can you find more? Subscribe to our Tools, trainings, Environmental Finance assistance and Blog resources efc.web.unc.edu www.efc.sog.unc.edu Follow us on Twitter: @EFCatUNC

  17. Contact Information Jeff Hughes Director Environmental Finance Center at UNC 919-843-4956 jhughes@sog.unc.edu http://efc.sog.unc.edu @EFCatUNC

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