Environmental Rate
 Consultants, Inc.

Kentucky Office: (859) 384-7283
fax: (859) 384-7284
Ohio Office: (513) 336-0482
fax: (513) 459-2590

Welcome

Environmental Rate Consultants, Inc. is a private consulting firm specializing in providing a variety of financial related services to our satisfied clients.  We have over 40 years of combined experience in consistently delivering cost effective and on-time products.  ERC's corporate office is located in the Cincinnati, Ohio / Northern Kentucky metropolitan area and has a satellite office in Mason, Ohio.

Services

ERC provides storm water utility development, financial consulting, utility rate setting, rate models, facilitation and consensus building, public involvement and public education services to potable water providers, sanitary sewer providers and local and regional storm water utility service providers in the public sector. ERC staff has provided storm water management program development and implementation, water and sewer utility rate and billing system implementation consulting services to many city, county, district and regional programs throughout the United States.

Why You Should Hire ERC

  • Our detailed rate models result in much higher rates than those of our competition;
  • We are financial consultants/accountants with over 45 years of municipal financial consulting experience;
  • Current ERC staff have worked on 100% of projects claimed;
  • We provide very specialized and focused water, sewer and storm water consulting services;
  • We create very detailed level of service activity based computer rate models;
  • Our user friendly rate model is turned over to our client at the end of each study at no additional cost;
  • We recommend specific public education techniques for all rate implementation plans;
  • We work with Elected Officials to implement a consensus based business plan and rates;
  • ERC has served as "expert witnesses" for several cases.

Current ClientsGeese on a Lake

 

"Environmental Rate Consultants, Inc. brought a wealth of knowledge to the project based on their experience with other communities.  But they recognized that all communities are different and have different needs.  They worked closely with City staff and listened to our ideas and concerns." 

"The financial analysis and rate calculations provided by Environmental Rate Consultants, Inc. ... were provided in a clear, concise report and within the timeframe allotted."