Craig Brown
Director at 1898 & Co., a part of Burns & McDonnell
- Role
- Offering Director, Electric Utility Finance and Rates Advisory at 1898 & Co.
- Location
- Kansas City, MO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Craig Brown
Experienced utility consultant, project manager, subject matter expert and leader with a focus in financial, rate and regulatory consulting for the utility industry. Experienced public speaker with numerous client presentations before utility boards and commissions, city councils, utility senior management, state regulatory commissions, and federal regulators.Expert Witness Testimony experience: Electric Rate Design, Electric Cost of Service, Revenue Requirements, Depreciation, Normal Weather, Cost Benefit Analysis for AMI Business Case.Electric & Gas Utility Rate Consulting• Revenue requirements, financial forecasting, cost of service, and rate design• DER rate design, net metering issues• Capital planning and financing alternatives; bond issuance support• Embedded and marginal cost of service studies• Economic development programs, customer contract negotiations• Rate restructuring and long-term planning; strategic planning• Integrated rate models, load forecasting, weather normalization• Power supply riders, environmental cost recovery ridersWater & Wastewater Utility Rate Consulting• Revenue requirements, financial forecasting, cost of service, and rate design• Financial capability analyses, affordability studies• Capital planning and financing alternatives; bond issuance supportDepreciation Studies• Conducts depreciation studies for electric, gas, and water utilities• Competent in actuarial and semi-actuarial life analysis methods for mass property• Experienced in developing rates for unit property (generation and treatment plants)Cost Accounting and Regulatory Studies• Capital overhead cost allocation and policy development• Activity based costing and common cost allocation studies
Experience
Offering Director, Electric Utility Finance and Rates Advisory
Jan 2026 — Present · Kansas City, MO, US
Education
Rockhurst University
M.B.A., Finance
2004
University of Missouri-Columbia
B.S., Hotel and Restaurant Management
1997
Skills
- Project Management
- Management Consulting
- Business Process Improvement
- Energy
- Change Management
- Team Building
- Budgets
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