Join AWWA's CEO, David LaFrance, and senior executives of the three ratings agencies for a roundtable discussion exploring key events and trends of 2023 which impacted water utility finances and ratings.
This interactive dialogue will cover financial operations, capital planning, and asset management practices of water utilities. The discussions will also look forward to 2024 and the ratings agencies' forecasts for issues and events likely to impact water utilities and the sector in the coming year regarding financing issues and ratings.
Topics will include: views on the overall state of the water sector as 2023 comes to a close; the impact of rising interest rates on utilities; analysis of some key financial, asset management, and operational issues that will be driving ratings in 2024; and financial projections on what the upcoming year will likely look like for municipal and private water utilities and the sector.
Expert Panel:
Moderator and Lead Discussant:
David LaFrance, CEO, AWWA
I. Helen Cregger, Vice President - Senior Credit Officer Public Finance, Moody’s
II. Audra Dickinson, Senior Director of U.S. Public Finance, Fitch Ratings
III. Jenny Poree, Senior Lead Utility Revenue, S&P Global Ratings