Revenue Instability and Conservation Rate Structures

Provides guidelines and mechanisms to help utility managers forecast and analyze revenue and cash flow impacts from conservation programs. Research partner: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Published in 1996.

The chief objectives of this project were to enhance understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches to short-term water demand forecasting and to provide practical...

Provides guidance on an overview analysis of the long-term effects of conservation pricing strategies. Includes a computer-based spreadsheet-forecasting model for evaluating conservation rates. Published in 1997.