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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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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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SRF Program Economic Tools

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