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Supporting SRF Programs through Applied Research and Program Evaluation Tools CIFA Election Day 2018 Albuquerque, NM Jeff Hughes Environmental Finance Center School of Government University of North Carolina (919) 843-4956

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www.efc.unc.edu

Supporting SRF Programs through Applied Research and Program Evaluation Tools

CIFA

Election Day 2018 Albuquerque, NM

Jeff Hughes Environmental Finance Center School of Government University of North Carolina (919) 843-4956 jhughes@sog.unc.edu www.efc.unc.edu

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How you pay for it matters

Supporting the fair, effective, and financially sustainable delivery of environmental programs through:

Applied Research

– Fees and finance – Regulatory and governance approaches

Teaching and Outreach

– Small to Very Large Systems…

Program Design/Evaluation

– Dashboard – Implementation advising – Capital planning tools

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Two-Prong Approach

Tools that help utilities be better service

providers and more financially sustainable (better borrowers)

Research to assist funding programs

develop/promote programs (better lenders)

– Needs assessments – Debt affordability and market studies – Data driven affordability criteria – Showing financial benefits of subsidized loans

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https://efc.sog.unc.edu/utili ty-financial-sustainability- and-rates-dashboards

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Multipurpose

Comprehensive state financial assessment

and capacity systems

Statewide trends and capacities
Encourage sustainable rate setting
Encourage rate setting that considers

affordability, conservation etc.

Increased transparency
Reduces race to the bottom rate

comparisons

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SRF Program Research Assistance

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