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Mark has over 26 years of experience in a utility environment. He possesses degrees in Water Purification Technology, Accounting, and a Masters Degree in Business. He holds a Class “A” license in sanitary sewer treatment from the State of Michigan, the highest license attainable and is a licensed water plant operator.
He has completed cost of service and rate studies for over 200 municipal systems around the nation, and served as an expert witness in rate cases around the county. Prior to starting his own consulting practice, he held a number of positions with one of the largest municipal systems in Michigan and a national consulting firm. Brief overviews of his responsibilities are listed below:
· Completed over 200 Electric Cost of Service and Rate Design studies in 22 states.
· Served as expert witness before regulatory agencies, governing bodies of municipal utilities and State Legislators
· Served as expert witness for investor-owned utility on pole attachments
· Developed marginal cost based rates for utilities
· Developed seasonal and time of use rates
· Developed special rates for standby, interruptible, special contracts, economic development
· Negotiating and implemented wholesale water and sanitary sewer contracts
· Experienced in pricing electric line extension fees and system development charges
· Designing competitive cost based rates for electric utilities, including real time pricing and wholesale rates
· Developed “Utilities Telecommunication Guidebook” for the American Public Power Association
· Preparation of econometric forecasting models to project future loads and resources of electric utilities, joint action agencies, and power pools
· Presented information before bond rating agencies to improve or maintain utility bond ratings
· Financial evaluations to determine the economics and rate impacts of anticipated capital improvement projects
· Preparing information for FERC to dispute open-access tariffs filed by investor owned utility
· APPA Instructor for “Advanced Cost of Service and Electric Unbundling”
· APPA Instructor for “Financial Planning for Municipal Utilities”
Mark is a Certified Management Accountant and Certified Public Accountant. He is recognized as a national expert in developing cost of service, unbundling and rate design studies for utilities and has spoken at several seminars regarding utility issues including cost of service studies for water and sanitary sewer utilities, benchmarking costs, marginal cost analysis, and electric cost of service and unbundling.
Mark has the following industry involvement:
· Member of the American Public Power Association
· Member of the American Water Works Association
· Member of the Institute of Management Accountants
· Speaker at national conferences on Financial Planning for Municipal Utilities, Pricing for Water Utilities, Pricing Fiber Optic backbone systems, Unbundling Electric Rates, and Ways to Attract and Retain Customers
· Author of articles appearing in national magazines and newsletters regarding pricing fiber optics, unbundling electric rates, and designing water rates
· Served on the Pricing and Market Analysis Committee, Task Force on Competitive Rate Designs, and Task Force on Open-Access Transmission Tariffs through the American Public Power Association
Mark Beauchamp Phone: 616-393-9722
185 Sun Meadow Court Fax: 616-393-9721
Holland, MI 49424 Cell: 616-403-5450
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