“Very helpful class to a new rate designer! Important to understand as our industry is facing very challenging times.”
Rate Specialist, Alabama Power Company
July 22 - 23, 2026 Denver, CO EUCI
“Very helpful class to a new rate designer! Important to understand as our industry is facing very challenging times.”
Rate Specialist, Alabama Power Company“Excellent overview of how rates are designed and the many political and economic factors that go into them.”
Budget & Rates Analyst, Great River Energy“The course was very informative and very relevant to the rate design professionals.”
Rate and Business Consultant, NRUCFC“Awesome course for novices and experienced rate-designers. Speakers were knowledgeable and knew their material.”
Senior Regulatory Accountant, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation“The EUCI Rate Design workshop helped me understand the wide array of rate design options we can bring to our customers. I look forward to the next rate case and incorporating these new rate designs for our customers.”
Regulatory Affairs Analyst, Indianapolis Power & Light“Great job!”
Regulatory Analyst, WA UTC“Make rate development positions easier by attending an EUCI course taught by experienced professionals that can be easily understood.”
Administrator – COS, Tampa Electric Co.“This course was well presented and worth my time.”
Sr. Manager, Member Relations, Tri-state G&T“The many years of experience of the instructors was readily evident through their excellent responses to student questions and their engaging discussion of the class topics.”
Manager of Engineering Services, GVEA“I would highly recommend this course with these speakers for anyone wanting to have a fundamental understanding of rate design.”
Staff Counsel, Kentucky PSC“Great introduction into the world of ratemaking!”
Operations Analysis Engineer, NIPSCO“This program benefits a wide section of industry professionals and facilitates individuals with various backgrounds to work and learn together.”
Counsel, SC House“I thought each speaker brought a new, different perspective and found each very engaging and informative.”
Attorney, Winstead PC“Great class to learn the vernacular and basics of rate design. Perfect class for someone moving into this role at their company.”
Financial Analyst, Green Mountain Power“Perfect introduction to rate design.”
Power Supply Planning Specialist, FortisBCElectric utilities today face a rapidly changing landscape, where rising adoption of electric vehicles, expanding data centers, and distributed energy resources are putting traditional cost recovery and rate design methods to the test. Conventional approaches often struggle to balance fairness, efficiency, and financial stability amid these shifting demands.
This immersive two-day online course equips participants with the knowledge and practical tools to address these challenges head-on. Attendees will explore traditional and unbundled rate structures, time-based pricing, marginal cost approaches, and special rate provisions through interactive, hands-on exercises that reflect real-world utility scenarios.
As EV adoption accelerates and data centers place new loads on the grid, utilities need strategies that are adaptable and actionable. Join this course to gain the insights and skills necessary to design rates that ensure cost recovery, transparency, and long-term resilience in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.
No prior rate design experience is required, although knowledge of utility system infrastructure, business environment, and operations will be helpful. To participate in model development, a laptop computer with Microsoft Excel 2003 or later is required.
| Individual attendee(s)$ 1595.00 each(early bird rate) (price after July 3, 2026 is $ 1,795.00) |
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Volume pricing also availableIndividual attendee tickets can be mixed with ticket packs for complete flexibility |
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| Pack of 5 attendees$ 6,780.00 (15% discount)(early bird rate) (price after July 3, 2026 is $ 7,625.00) |
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| Pack of 10 attendees$ 12,760.00 (20% discount)(early bird rate) (price after July 3, 2026 is $ 14,360.00) |
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Your registration may be transferred to a member of your organization up to 24 hours in advance of the event. Cancellations must be received on or before June 19, 2026 in order to be refunded and will be subject to a US $195.00 processing fee per registrant. No refunds will be made after this date. Cancellations received after this date will create a credit of the tuition (less processing fee) good toward any other EUCI event. This credit will be good for six months from the cancellation date. In the event of non-attendance, all registration fees will be forfeited. In case of conference cancellation, EUCIs liability is limited to refund of the event registration fee only. For more information regarding administrative policies, such as complaints and refunds, please contact our offices at 303-770-8800
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Denver, CO
Short breaks will be taken throughout the course (30 minutes total)
This opening session will set the stage for the program by outlining the purpose, structure, and requirements of cost-of-service analysis, highlighting where it overlaps with broader utility pricing practices.
This session will provide an overview of the fundamental principles that guide utility ratemaking, from Bonbright’s framework to modern regulatory objectives. Participants will explore key factors such as equity, competition, simplicity, and social considerations, gaining insight into how competing goals shape rate levels and adjustments.
This session will examine the fundamental trends shaping electric utility pricing, from global market shifts and advanced metering infrastructure to evolving customer expectations and utility business models. Participants will also explore the pricing implications of risk, decoupling, and emerging strategies for managing uncertainty in a changing energy landscape.
Morning Break
This session will focus on emerging pricing considerations tied to solar and energy storage, including methods for valuing solar and addressing rate design challenges. Participants will also engage in a hands-on exercise to apply these concepts by developing a special rate design for a solar installation.
Lunch Break
This session will demonstrate how to apply cost-of-service results by developing and analyzing cost curves, including bundled, unbundled, and marginal costs. Participants will also evaluate competitive alternatives and reinforce their understanding through a hands-on exercise in building cost curves.
Afternoon Break
This session will introduce the foundations of traditional rate design, covering flat, two-part, three-part, and block rate structures, along with their relationship to cost curves. Participants will apply these concepts in a classroom exercise focused on designing bundled rates.
This session will explore the principles of unbundled rate design, highlighting the differences between traditional bundled approaches and modern unbundled structures. Participants will examine key strategies for unbundling and how they impact pricing transparency and cost recovery.
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Denver, CO
Short breaks will be taken throughout the course (30 minutes total)
perspectives, production cost modeling, and marginal capacity, energy, and transmission costs. Participants will also consider the challenges of revenue reconciliation and explore strategies for addressing the reconciliation dilemma.
This session will explore the full range of time-based rate structures, including time-of-use, real-time pricing, and critical peak pricing, as well as their relationship to smart metering and demand management strategies. Participants will review regulatory drivers, evaluate design options, and work with examples to understand how time-varying rates influence customer behavior, class load characteristics, and utility revenues.
Morning Break
This session will cover a variety of special rate provisions, including minimum bills, demand ratchets, power factor adjustments, standby rates, and net metering. Participants will also examine how these provisions address unique customer circumstances, support utility cost recovery, and influence rate design strategies.
Lunch Break
Afternoon Break
This session will address challenges in interclass rate transitions and the use of promotional or special rates, emphasizing how to communicate changes effectively to stakeholders. Participants will learn strategies for presenting data confidently, summarizing the process clearly, and using visuals to highlight key impacts while maintaining transparency.
Course Wrap-Up
Partner
NewGen Strategies & Solutions LLC
Mr. Burnham has over 25 years of experience in consulting, management, cost-of-service, feasibility analyses and valuation services. His responsibilities include development of revenue requirements, costs-of-service allocation methodologies, rate design and revenue adequacy studies, utility valuation analyses and other engineering economic analysis. His project feasibility, financing and system acquisition projects have provided clients with a sound financial basis upon which to make decisions on purchasing, selling or modifying facilities. His rate related projects have included those that required the development and review of retail and wholesale electric rates, and rate structures, and analysis of rate riders for interruptible industrial rates, environmental cost adjustment rates, energy / fuel cost recovery and others. He has also assisted industrial customers in rates negotiation and evaluation.
Mr. Burnham has also been involved in feasibility and implementation studies, independent engineering reviews, operation and maintenance reviews, planning studies and valuation studies for generation assets. He has led multiple projects that have focused on determining the value of distributed solar resources to specific utilities. His clients have included municipal utilities, investor-owned utilities, electric cooperatives, and private sector clients.
Principal
Dave Berg Consulting, LLC
Mr. Berg is a Principal with Dave Berg Consulting, LLC, and has more than 40 years of experience. He specializes in consulting services requiring a combination of technical and financial expertise. His electric industry restructuring and pricing work has assisted utilities in stabilizing their customer base and revenues in an increasingly complicated environment as well as in educating them on the particular industry changes that could affect their operations most significantly. His project feasibility, financing and system acquisition projects have provided clients with a sound technical and financial basis upon which to make decisions on purchasing, selling or modifying facilities. He understands the special issues confronting small and medium size municipal utilities, as well as the joint action agencies serving these utilities. He has also assisted industrial customers in analyzing particular industry issues that impact their operations.
Mr. Berg has also been involved in financial and technical evaluation of power generation projects that utilize alternative fuels. These have included landfill gas, biomass and wind generation projects.
Mr. Berg is a popular speaker both at utility training sessions and state and national conferences, due to his ability to focus on the essential points of complicated issues and to recommend actions appropriate to the audience.
Senior Manager
NewGen Strategies & Solutions LLC
Ryan Matley brings over 20 years of experience in the electric and natural gas utility industries. He specializes in regulatory finance, cost-of-service analysis, rate case support, and stakeholder engagement. Ryan has served as an expert witness in several proceedings and has led initiatives in regulatory affairs, finance, and product development, ensuring a balance between utility objectives and customer needs.
Before joining NewGen, Ryan held leadership positions at Xcel Energy, where he managed teams performing regulatory cost recovery filings and developing innovative renewable energy programs. His previous experience also includes consulting with the Rocky Mountain Institute and advancing demand-side management programs at Pacific Gas & Electric.
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Participants must be present, either in-person or virtually, each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.
PowerPoint presentations, classroom discussions, and question-and-answer sessions will be used in this conference.
Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.
Course CPE Credits: 15.5
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None
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Only registered attendees can request CLE credits for an EUCI course/event. Please email [email protected] prior to the course start date and list the state where you are licensed and your bar# as well as the name and date of your course/event in your request, and someone will be in contact.
This course has been approved by the KBA CLE Commission for 12 CLE Credits.
This course is recommended for policymakers, managers, attorneys, regulators, key account representatives, accountants, engineers, and analysts who would like introductory, hands-on training related to rate design concepts for electric utilities.
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