Clients choose Blue Ridge to provide expert analyses and recommendations regarding utility base rate and energy-supply rate requests. When called upon, Blue Ridge will defend its analyses and recommendations in expert testimony before regulatory commissions. Blue Ridge and its team of subject-matter experts have testified about many utility-related subject matters, including:

• Revenue requirements and related pro forma adjustments
• Cost of service and rate design
• Power supply and gas cost recovery factors
• Cost of capital and return on equity
• Rate de-coupling
• Integrated resource planning and need for generation
• Affiliate transactions and shared services costs
• Power and natural gas hedging and energy trading

Blue Ridge can support all aspects of a regulatory or rate case proceeding. Our services include:

• Developing or evaluating revenue requirements and rate base models
• Providing a custom revenue requirements model that allows the client to see results from "what-if" scenarios
• Evaluating cost of service analyses / studies and issues
• Reviewing rate design and tariff
• Preparing technical analyses and testimony for submission to the regulatory agencies and intervening parties
• Providing project management and analytical subject matter expertise to respond to data requests
• Providing testimony in support of client's position
• Preparing witnesses for cross examination
• Using a relational database and secure web-based document repository as tools to administer and manage the data request process effectively