Why Choose Dumais Consulting LLC?

Customers will benefit from the services provided by Dumais Consulting LLC as we have specialized, ratemaking expertise which we provide timely and with professionalism, and we tailor our analyses and advice to each customer’s needs. In addition, we have relationships with FERC Staff whereby we can obtain the guidance and direction to structure our customer’s requests to FERC for success. We provide expert testimony and exhibits and provide leadership, advice and support in settlement or litigation. Dumais Consulting LLC provides consistent and on-time service delivery, innovative regulatory approaches and strategic and trusted advice.

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What We Do

Our Services Include:

• Providing federal regulatory policy analyses and advice based upon years of experience in the industry 
• Helping customers establish, change and improve electric and natural gas transmission formula rates or fixed, stated rates to recover costs, including creating or changing the formula rate template, tariff and protocols that will meet customer needs and which FERC will find acceptable 
• ​Advising customers on incentives available to electric transmission owners to encourage the investment in transmission assets and developing strong positions to support the incentive request to FERC
• Translating the successful results of a competitive solicitation into a transmission formula rate and tariff at FERC by addressing all ratemaking considerations, including cost containment requirements, and providing creative ratemaking approaches for competitive projects that address the regulators concerns and do not impose undue risk for owners
• Developing innovative ratemaking mechanisms whereby value is shared between the transmission owner and its customers

• Incorporating complex income tax items into ratemaking, including impacts on accumulated deferred income taxes from changes in tax rates
• Performing reactive power and other ancillary service cost of service analyses
• Advocating for customers with FERC commissioners and staff and working with customers through the settlement or adjudication process to a successful result
• Advising customers on rulemaking processes at FERC and developing customer positions in comments filed with FERC
• Assisting customers with FERC regulatory compliance, including preparing for and navigating through financial and operational audits
• Providing advice and expertise on FERC accounting and reporting requirements, as well as providing training on FERC accounting and ratemaking, customized to meet customer needs
• Providing expert testimony in support of ratemaking and other requests to FERC​​

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What We Bring

• The business and regulatory expertise to address customer needs based upon extensive experience working in in the energy industry
• The qualifications needed to provide expert testimony which include a doctorate degree, extensive experience and expertise, serving as an officer and active member of energy industry associations and providing past expert witness testimony to FERC and state regulators
• Delivering excellent analyses, advice and expert testimony while meeting required timeframes
• Relationships with FERC staff that enable our customers to shape proposals to FERC for success

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