Scott has more than 30 years of experience in the municipal advisor and utility rate industries. He has extensive experience with financial studies for municipally owned water, electric, gas, steam and sewage utilities, not-for-profit and investor-owned water and sewer corporations, regional water and sewer districts and conservancy districts. These studies often involve determining utility revenue and rate requirements, cost-of-service studies, rate design and the financial planning associated with the acquisition of capital.
Registered municipal advisor representative
- Analyzes revenue requirements and performs cost of service studies and rate design for water, wastewater, electric, gas and steam utilities
- Serves as an expert witness before regulatory bodies in utility rate proceedings
- Provides assistance with bond and note financings through the capital market, State Revolving Fund, USDA Rural Development and other sources
- Provides financial reporting, strategic planning and rate management for utilities
- Provides asset management planning for utilities
- Prepares system development and capacity fee studies
- Assists with wholesale rate development and intergovernmental contract negotiations
- Provides valuation services related to utility rate base
- Advises on acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, privatization and re-municipalization of utilities
- Authors various articles related to the utility industry
- Environmental, social and governance specialists
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Indiana CPA Society (INCPAS)
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
- Past chair, Water Utility Council/Indiana Section AWWA
- Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (AIM)
- Indiana Water Environment Association (IWEA)
- Indiana Rural Water Association (IRWA)
- Alliance of Indiana Rural Water (AIRW)
- “Why ESG and Why Now”, Baker Tilly Webinar, co-author, 2023
- “ESG: What you Need to Know Now and How to Think Beyond Tomorrow,” Baker Tilly Symposium, co-author, 2022
- “Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), New Tax Incentives and What Your Municipality Needs to Know, AIM, co-author, 2022
- “Preparing for Infrastructure Funding,” NARUC Staff Subcommittee on Accounting and Finance, 2022
- “Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG),” Baker Tilly Utility University, 2022
- “ESG – What’s Coming and How to be Ready,” Illinois GFOA, co-author, 2022
- “Funding Infrastructure,” International Making Cities Livable, panelist, 2021
- “Growing with the Auto Industry,” AWWA, co-author, 2020
- “Public Works and Utilities,” AIM, co-author, 2020
- FSA Credential holder
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) State of Indiana
- Financial Management: Cost of Service Rate-Making, AWWA
- Intermediate Utility Cost of Service and Retail Rate Design, APPA
- Advanced Utility Cost of Service and Retail Rate Design, APPA
- Supervisory and Compliance Obligations of Municipal Advisors: MSRB Rule G-44, MSRB
- Due Diligence: Primary Offering Disclosure Responsibilities, MSRB The Decision to Borrow: Roles and Responsibilities of Market Participants in Fixed Rate Primary Market Offerings, MSRB
- Revenue Recognition, Becker CPA
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Recent Trends and Actions, Becker CPA
- G400 Community Meeting, AICPA Introduction to Business Valuation, AICPA
- GAO Green Book – Government Internal Control Standards, Becker CPA
- Risk Management in the Public Sector, Becker CPA Emerging Leaders Academy Year 3, Upstream Academy
- Emerging Leaders Academy Year 2, Upstream Academy
- Emerging Leaders Academy Year 1, Upstream Academy
- The Emerging Partner Training Forum, AICPA
- Leadership: Becoming an Impact Player, Center for Corporate Financial Leadership
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