Business Essentials for Utility Engineers (Hardcover)

UTILITIES Types of UtilitiesNatural MonopoliesUtility Ownership Utility Regulation Utility Rates Service StandardsDeregulation ACCOUNTINGThe Basic Accounting Equation Journals, Ledgers, and Accounts Accounting Principles Financial Statements Other Types of Accounting ECONOMICS Supply and Demand Market Pricing Producer Surplus Monopolistic Pricing Business Cycles FINANCE Time Value of MoneyCompany Valuation Market Efficiency Capital StructureTax Shields BankruptcyRISKProbability and StatisticsStock Price Movement DiversificationPortfolio TheoryCapital Asset Pricing ModelFinancial Options Real OptionsFINANCIAL RATIOSProfitability RatiosActivity Ratios Leverage Ratios Liquidity Ratios Market Ratios DuPont AnalysisResidual Income and EVA RATEMAKING Regulatory Goals Revenue Requirements and the Rate Base Rate Design Rate Cases Rate Base Misconceptions BUDGETING Top-Down BudgetingBottom-Up Planning Types of BudgetsProject PrioritizationBusiness Case Justification ASSET MANAGEMENT What Is Asset Management? History of Utilities History of Asset ManagementOrganizational FunctionsAsset Management ProcessEach chapter concludes with a "Summary" and "Study Questions"