Wisconsin is two years into a contested rate case with We Energies. An income-percent-cap bill is moving through the state legislature. This is not just a Wisconsin problem, the focus on energy affordability is a national issue.

BlastPoint's analysis of 1,000+ utilities found that more than 25 million U.S. residential customers, at least 1 in 6, are served by utilities flagged "Most Exposed" for affordability pressure. 59% of those utilities charge at or below the national average rate. The pressure is not about how high your rates are. It's about who your customers are and what you are doing to help.

This session walks through what it takes to build the model before your regulator asks.

Joining BlastPoint for this session is Tierra Resource Consultants, a boutique management consulting firm specializing in customer-sited resource planning and demand-side management portfolio design for utilities and government agencies across North America. Tierra brings deep expertise in regulatory and rate case strategy, LMI program design, and DSM-related commission filings, making them the ideal partner for this conversation about what utilities need to prepare before they walk into that hearing room.