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Attachment II — Materials and Fee Description
Attachment III — General Information & Responsibilities of XYZ Electric and Gas
Attachment IV — Questions to be answered by XYZ Electric and Gas to customize Seminar
Attachment V — Participant Form
Attachment VI — Info Sheet for Instructor
Attachment VII — Classroom Setup Description
Attachment VIII — Instructor's Vita

SEMINAR - UTILITY FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

XYZ Electric and Gas
 

DAY 1
Introduction

Basic Accounting Concepts
- Balance Sheet
- Income Statement
- Regulatory Assets
- Stranded Costs

Financial Statement Analysis
- Return on Equity
- Return to Common
- Shareholder Value Created

The Utility's Four Sets of "Books"
- Rate Regulation
- Rate Base and Cost of Service
- Operating versus Non-operating Income
- Financial Reporting - GAAP
- Income Tax Accounting
- Managerial Accounting

DAY 2
Accounting for Utility Plant
- Straight Line Depreciation
- Accelerated Depreciation
- Capitalization Versus Expense
- Methods of Capitalizing More or Less
- Which is Better for the Utility

Taxes
- Temporary Differences
- Deferred Taxes (Normalization)

Cost of Capital
- Weighted Average Cost of Capital
- Risk Premium Approach
- Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Method

Cost of Capital Case

DAY 3
Present Value Analysis

Present Value Exercise

Shareholder Value
- Free Cash Flow
- Income versus Shareholder Value Maximization
- Risk Considerations
- How to Make Decisions

Capital Budgeting
- Cash Flow as affected by Taxes & Rate Regulation
- Which Discount Rate to Use
- Creating Shareholder Value

Capital Budgeting Case

Conclusions

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