Services

Environmental Rate Consultants, Inc. (ERC, Inc.) is a very specialized financial consulting firm comprised of financial consultants, computer programmers and Business Plan development and Process experts. ERC is a private financial/computer firm with over 50 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.

Very Specialized Services Include

  • Legally Defensible Storm Water Utility Program for a City Program*;
  • Legally Defensible Storm Water Utility Program for a County Program;
  • Legally Defensible Storm Water Utility Program for a Multi-Jurisdictional Program;
  • Revising and Updating Existing Storm Water Utility Programs;
  • Promoting the Successes of Storm Water Utility Programs;
  • Storm Water Brochure, Billing Stuffer, Fact Sheet, Website Materials Development;
  • Enhancing Website Tracking;
  • Enhancing Website Customer Service / Complaint / Inquiry Tracking from the Public;
  • Website Design Cost of Service and Capital Project Mapping Techniques;
  • Error Free Storm Water Billing Database to Tax Assessors/Auditors;
  • Business Plan Development;
  • Water Rate Studies;
  • Sewer Rate Studies;
  • Utility Billing System Installation;
  • Cost Allocation Analysis - General Fund, State Revolving Programs, etc.

* Our Storm Water Utility Implementation Process and Approach has been deemed legally defensible by an Ohio Judge in a Court of Law. Contact us for more details.

Other Services

  • Storm Water Needs Analysis;
  • Complete Storm Water Management Utility Programs;
  • Storm Water Rate Studies;
  • Rate Stucture Analysis;
  • Evaluate Financing Alternatives;
  • Public Information and Education Programs;
  • Group Facilitation and Conscensus-Building;
  • Strategic Plan Development;
  • Financing Options Analysis;
  • Billing System Design and Implementation;
  • Design and Implementation of Utility Billing Systems;
  • Cost of Service Analysis;
  • Maintenance Management System Design and Implementation;
  • Organizational Review and Analysis;
  • Custom Built Database File Systems;
  • Customer Service and Response;
  • Custom Built Utility Rate Models;
  • Credit Program Design and Implementation;
  • Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) Development;
  • Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) Estimates;
  • Geographic Information System (GIS) Cost Benefit Analysis;
  • Budgeting and Cash Flow Analysis;
  • Special Assessments.