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Master FERC and RUS accounting, work orders, asset retirement, and financial reporting tailored for electric utilities and cooperatives
Learn MoreSharpen your budgeting, forecasting, and cost analysis skills with practical insights that support smarter financial decision-making
Learn MoreUnderstand revenue requirements, cost-of-service allocations, and rate design principles that impact your customers and your organization’s financial health
Learn MoreLearn construction accounting best practices, including capital project tracking and work order processes aligned with utility standards
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Explore personalized course learning paths with exclusive group discounts.
This learning path is designed for new accounting professionals, offering a progression of introductory to intermediate courses focused on electric cooperative and RUS accounting.
Acquire advanced expertise in utility accounting, rate design, and regulatory strategy to strengthen your professional capabilities and bring added value to your organization.
This learning path offers experienced accounting professionals a comprehensive set of self-paced courses covering advanced accounting, rates, budgeting, and financial reporting.
Acquire advanced knowledge in industry accounting, rates, and regulatory strategies to enrich your professional capabilities and benefit your organization. This learning path provides experienced accounting professionals with comprehensive, self-paced courses on advanced accounting, rates, budgeting, and financial reporting.
Learn the key principles of FERC and RUS construction accounting to strengthen your organization’s financial practices and better serve your ratepayers.
Implementing construction accounting best practices enhances the accuracy of cost-of-service and rate design studies, while supporting more reliable financial reporting.
As a Board, Commission, or Council member, understanding financial reporting and utility rates is essential for effective governance.
This learning path provides the foundational knowledge needed to review key details, ask informed questions, and make confident, well-informed decisions.
For a broad range of classes in accounting, rates, and business strategy, a 3-month, annual or group All-Access Membership may fit your needs.
Visit our Resource Library for full access to our complete collection of expert-led courses, downloadable tools, and on-demand video content—designed to help you stay informed and advance your career in the power and utilities industry.
Whether you’re new to the industry or just curious, explore the fundamentals with our FREE 30-minute course, Introduction to the Electricity Business. Learn how electricity is delivered, how customer rates are determined, and the key roles within electric cooperatives and utilities. It’s the perfect starting point to build your knowledge and confidence in the power and utilities sector.
Here is a learning path that provides new accounting professionals with introductory and intermediate courses on electric co-op and RUS accounting.
Courses included in this learning path!
Get a firm foundation in co-op and RUS accounting that you can use in your everyday work and build on for the future!
This learning path provides new electric industry accounting professionals with an overview of the financial and accounting areas of a utility, including FERC accounting standards.
Courses included in this learning path!
Get a firm foundation in electric utility and FERC accounting that you can use in your everyday work and build on for the future!
This learning path provides experienced accounting professionals with advanced topics in accounting, rates, and financial reporting.
Courses included in this learning path!
These advanced courses will provide background information to use to navigate the changing industry and record some of those "difficult" transactions.
This learning path provides Board, Commission, and Council members with insights into financial reporting and utility rates.
Courses included in this learning path!
These classes give insights on where to focus your attention in reports to make informed approvals and decisions.
This learning path provides details on best-practices in electric construction accounting.
Courses included in this learning path!
Applying best practices in construction accounting will lead to better cost of service and rate design studies, and more accurate financial statements.
For a broad range of classes in accounting, rates, and business strategy, an All-Access Annual or 3-Month Membership or Group Pricing may be the perfect fit for your professional development needs.
An All-Access Membership includes:
• Unlimited access to 30+ expert-led courses and materials
• Over 30 continuing education credits, certified by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
• Downloadable spreadsheets, templates, and tools you can use immediately
• New content added regularly
• On-demand access from desktop, tablet, or mobile app
• Auto-renews with easy cancellation anytime
• Continued access through the end of your membership period, even after cancellation
We’re continuously expanding our course library with practical, example-driven content rooted in real-world best practices—so your learning evolves as the industry does.
We offer on-demand courses and learning paths tailored to your cooperative or utility. The group courses are offered at discounted rates.
Business training
We provide classes for team members in operations, accounting, finance, and management. Courses and learning paths include short and longer courses in:
Our services include bulk enrolling your team, monitoring their progress (or providing group monitoring to your team’s training manager).
Contact us for a discussion on how we can structure a grouping of courses that meet your team’s learning objectives.
The Resource Library includes over 40 on-demand courses, free downloads, and free videos.
The library includes:
Seeking information on a specific topic or an industry best-practice? See what the Resource Library has to offer.
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All video lessons and course downloads are included in all courses. You have lifetime access to the courses and future updates.
The information is taken from industry best practices and the experience of the instructor in working with power and utilities organizations.
Knowledge is power (forgive the electric pun). But these courses adds to your knowledge, making your career skills deeper and giving you tools to provide value to your organization.
Yes! Utility Accounting and Rates Specialists, LLC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: NASBAregistry.org.
All of the course materials can be downloaded for each lesson. They are in pdf and Excel formats. You'll generally see them at the beginning of the course in the introduction section, Lesson 1, or scattered throughout the lessons as fitting the topic.
We welcome your questions anytime. Just email [email protected]. Thanks!
Utility Accounting and Rates Specialists, LLC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: NASBAregistry.org.
Program Level: Basic
Area of Study: Accounting - Technical
Delivery: QAS Self Study
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
CPE Credits: 1.00
Last Reviewed: 8.1.24
Access Period: 12 months
Exam Questions: 5
Passing Grade: 70%
Retakes: Unlimited