Electric Utility Business Operations

A course that covers the utility industry, business system operations, and the economics of providing electric power.

Electric Utility Business Operations Course (EUBO)

EUBO is designed for any employee whose job performance benefits from a basic understanding of the larger utility industry and the business operations side of the utility. EUBO is offered as a 1/2-day or 1-day class.

Who Should Attend?
Electric utility employees from legal, rates, engineering, purchasing, computer application, marketing, customer service, inventory control, finance, accounting, safety, risk analysis as well as those from generating plants.

What does EUBO Cover?

  1. Electric History and the Evolution of Electric Utilities

  2. The Electric Power Industry

  3. Utility Types

  4. The Business of Power Production and Distribution

  5. Legislative & Regulatory

  6. Inter-Department Utility Systems

  7. Customer Types and Customer Facing Systems

  8. Troubleshooting and Problem Solving

Professional Learning Hours
EUBO’s 1/2-day course is 4 hours.
EUBO’s 1-day course is 8 hours.

Electric utility business operations training course

“Fit a great amount of information into a short time yet made it understandable to beginners. Great illustrations!.”

— Cowlitz PUD, Customer Support Manager