Public & Regulatory Issues Management Practice
UtiliPoint’s® Public & Regulatory Issues Management practice has a 25-year track record of working with utilities to manage potentially controversial public, regulatory, and legal issues. Through the provision of UtiliPoint’s independent and expert assistance, utilities experience enhanced public trust, broader and improved communication of the relevant issues and a smoother communication process.
With a proven record of working with utilities on Public and Regulatory Issues Management, UtiliPoint has a trusted brand and is a widely recognized independent industry expert. UtiliPoint designs and manages a utilities’ public outreach program providing an enhanced process for greater public participation as well as the industry technical, business and strategy content required for a full examination of the issue in a public forum. Our approach has assisted many utilities in obtaining public approval for important projects.
UtiliPoint is also a recognized industry expert that can provide expert witness testimony or work with utilities in their interaction with regulatory authorities and in litigation situations. We provide rate case support in a variety of topic areas including rates and pricing, information technology prudency reviews, and trading and risk management.
Clients leverage our knowledge and capabilities by engaging the Public & Regulatory Issues Management practice in:
Public Outreach Programs – we design and help manage the public outreach program including the development of the required technical and business content. We commonly work with attorneys, engineers, planners, and public policy managers when designing the program and related documentation. Our process provides enhanced and broader public communications thereby enhancing the utilities’ public image and credibility.
Custom Research – we perform primary and secondary research on market trends, forecasts and competitive and market analysis on related topic areas, as well as utility and regulatory plans and implementations. We also perform customer surveys to complement the public outreach process as needed.
Expert Witness and Testimony Services – as recognized industry experts, UtiliPoint is well positioned to provide authoritative and accurate testimony to regulatory authorities, government agencies and public cases. UtiliPoint’s consultants draw upon the entire expertise of its analysts, researchers and consultants from rates and pricing to energy trading.
Advisory Services - we provide a collection of analysis tools including UtiliPoint’s 25 year database of public issue cases. We also often ac ast an independent research resource to the public on industry related matters as part of the utility’s public outreach program.
Publications and Publication Services - UtiliPoint publishes IssueAlert ®. Our publications provide continuing, timely, thought provoking, and actionable insight to industry players and participants. UtiliPoint also writes articles, white papers, and other special reports about the industry, technology, and markets. We are often called upon by clients to author independent analyses of industry issues involved in the public outreach program.
UtiliPoint is the premier research centered analysis and consulting company focused on the energy and utilities industry. Our primary and original research combined with expertise of our analysts and consultants sets us apart from the competition. Our Public Issues Management practice is based on both its recognized expertise and our ongoing research capabilities.