Utility University: Considerations for funding sustainable projects: bonds, grants and tax credits
October 1 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Implementing projects that incorporate sustainable components can benefit your utility from a cost-savings perspective, while also enabling your utility to be a responsible environmental steward. Join this session to learn strategies for funding projects strategically and providing investors and funders with more information about the benefits of your improvement projects (e.g., what they accomplish and populations served). This session will also teach you tools for thinking about and pursuing various types of funding—bonds, tax credits, and grants—to maximize your resources for project implementation.
Learning objectives
- Learn about investor interest in projects that incorporate descriptions about environmental, social and sustainable impacts and how this may elevate the visibility of your utility’s financing
- Understand bond designations such as green, social, sustainable and market trends around these designations
- Consider available tax credit and grant opportunities when developing the project and its scope, and learn ways to discuss these options with your engineering team
- Obtain updates on legislation, implementation and financial opportunities
Presenters
Scott Miller, CPA | Principal, Baker Tilly, Municipal Advisors
Brooke Opel, PhD | Manager, Baker Tilly, Development and Community Advisory
Who should attend
Leadership and professionals from municipal utilities; public utility districts; tribal utility authorities; and state, local and tribal governments responsible for financial management and public finance functions
