Bowman provides utility rate and fee consulting, utility management consulting, financial planning and analysis, and economic services to public sector clients inclusive of city and county governments, municipalities, ports, special purpose districts and state agencies. With over 4,000 engagements for more than 650 government clients, our experts provide best-in-class analytical solutions that offer the clarity needed to solve complex issues in ways tailored specifically to their own communities.
Our team is dedicated to state and local government issues, we have accumulated the expertise and the perspective that makes a real difference for the clients we serve. Each engagement is a highly personalized, entirely customized experience led by one of our most senior principals who will be your partner in building the solutions and outcomes you need. We understand that every municipal agency faces its own unique challenges. Our success and reputation comes from the ability to listen to clients and produce customized study results that can be easily implemented and understood by everyone.
Offering services such as defining revenue needs through comprehensive financial modeling, implementing long-term capital management strategies, and designing cost-of-service rates, we collaborate with agencies of all sizes, serving urban, suburban and rural areas, as well as regions with seasonal or climate-specific challenges and communities with unique commercial or industrial demands.
As experts in utility rate policies and practices, we ensure compliance with legal constraints in every location. Our work with agency staff, policymakers, stakeholders, and customers is aimed at enhancing long-term financial health and the stability of your utility.
Defining revenue requirements with comprehensive financial modeling tools, performing long-term capital management strategies, developing full cost-of-service rates, and legally-defensible system development charges.
Help address and solve issues involving policy objectives, public finance, cost recovery, facility financing and longterm facility reinvestment funding, and organizational performance. We have a broad understanding and specific expertise on local and state government policymaking.
Assist with the formation and merger of utilities, perform cost-benefit analyses, develop strategic business plans, and negotiate complicated wholesale agreements – helping your utility maintain its resiliency in an ever-changing environment.
Help governments create vibrant sustainable communities. We model the fiscal and social return on public investments and provide creative ways of funding projects and services. Challenges turn into opportunities as we support goals aimed at fair housing and job creation.