Energy & Utilities: Financial Structure and Pricing Models
Description
Detailed study of energy utility financial management, tariff design, pricing frameworks, investment planning, and cost modeling for regulated and deregulated environments.
Learning Objectives
Prepare learners to understand and manage utility financial operations, tariff mechanisms, pricing strategy, capital planning, and cost analysis in both regulated and competitive utility markets.
Topics (7)
Rate-of-return, cost-plus, time-of-use, dynamic pricing, and innovative tariffs.
Marginal cost, risk-based, bilateral contracts, and wholesale market pricing.
Budgeting, capital project evaluation, ROI, NPV, risk-adjusted investment models.
Physical, market, legal, and financial risk, insurance, derivatives, and hedging.
IFRS, GAAP, cost allocation, audit, and regulatory filings.
Least-cost dispatch, economic analysis, simulation, and modeling tools for utilities.
Balance sheet structure, operating/capital expenses, and asset classes for energy organizations.