Mr. Macias is a utility rate and regulatory expert with experience developing cost of service studies, depreciation studies and regulatory research. He has deep experience with developing residential and commercial rates, conducting depreciable life and accrual rate analysis, and participating in utility regulatory proceedings. Mr. Macias has supported projects involving financial analysis, regulatory support and strategy, utility plant valuation, and organizational and operations reviews. He has an expert knowledge of cost allocation principles for utility cost of service studies and for depreciation expense and accrual rates. Mr. Macias has also been involved in engineering reports supporting municipal bonds issuances and operations reviews of natural gas utilities. Mr. Macias has testified as an expert witness in multiple state jurisdictions on utility rate issues.  

Mr. Macias has been providing consulting services to utility clients for fourteen years. Prior to beginning his consulting career, Mr. Macias spent ten years with the Missouri Public Service Commission conducting utility plant depreciation studies and performing LDC natural gas safety and compliance inspections. Mr. Macias’s office location is Kansas City, MO