The modern platform for cost-of-service and rate design.
Run rigorous, NARUC-aligned studies anytime — defend them to your board, lenders, and commission, and explain them clearly to the members who pay the bill.
- NARUC-aligned methodology
- Accuracy checks at every step
- Security & data privacy by design
- Transparent to boards & members
Midwest Electric Cooperative · 3 customer classes
Three distinct stages. One connected workflow.
Most platforms blur Revenue Requirement, Cost of Service, and Rate Design together. Rate360 keeps them separate — because the rigor of each stage depends on it. Every step follows NARUC-aligned cost-of-service methodology.
Revenue Requirement
Determine how much revenue the utility needs to recover — based on rate base, operating expenses, depreciation, return requirements, and other revenue offsets. This is the foundation of every sound rate study.
Cost of Service Study
Functionalize, classify, and allocate costs to each customer class based on actual load and service characteristics. Understand who is paying what today — and who should be paying what based on cost.
Rate Design & Scenario Modeling
Translate cost responsibility into implementable tariffs and billing components. Model multiple scenarios, compare customer impacts, and balance cost-based results with policy and implementation realities.
Integrates with your existing systems
Designed to connect with billing, CIS, AMI, ERP, and other operational platforms — so your data flows in, not around, the study.
Rate360 produces indicated results based on study inputs and methodology. Final rate decisions may differ from indicated results based on implementation strategy, phasing, customer impact, and board or regulatory considerations.
Why utilities and their advisors choose Rate360
Rigorous, standards-aligned studies — run as often as your decisions require, with the work double-checked at every step.
Best-practice methodology, built in
Every study follows NARUC-aligned cost-of-service methodology — functionalization, classification, and allocation done by the book, so results stand up to boards, lenders, and commissions.
Accuracy checks at every level
Deterministic server-side calculations, immutable study runs, and built-in audit trails double-check the work — every number is reproducible and traceable.
Model and visualize scenarios
Run unlimited what-if scenarios and see rate and bill impacts instantly — compare options side by side before anything reaches a board packet.
Explain rates with confidence
Board-ready reports and clear visualizations translate the math for directors, members, and stakeholders.
Security & compliance by design
Calculations run server-side, each organization's data is isolated, and member PII stays out of the analytics path — with NARUC-aligned methods and built-in audit trails.
Defensible months later
Every result carries transparent methodology and full data lineage, so decisions hold up when a board or commission revisits them.
Built by someone who's sat on your side of the table
Rate360 is built by a utility-sector technology director with 18+ years leading IT and OT for electric cooperatives — grounded in the methodology regulators expect and the security standards critical infrastructure demands.
18+ years in electric-cooperative IT & OT leadership — with expertise spanning technology, cybersecurity, operations, and management, and deep, hands-on experience in the utility sector.
NARUC-grounded methodology
Every study follows the NARUC Cost Allocation Manual and standard co-op rate-design practice — the framework boards, RUS lenders, and commissions expect.
Critical-infrastructure security
Built to critical-infrastructure security standards: calculations run server-side, each organization's data is isolated, and member PII stays out of the analytics path.
Built for cooperatives
Purpose-built for the 800+ distribution cooperatives in the U.S. — plus municipals, IOUs, and the advisors who serve them.
The whole study — visualized before it reaches the board
Dashboards, allocation results, and side-by-side rate scenarios update in real time as you work — so you can see impacts, defend the numbers, and explain them clearly. Every figure below is illustrative sample data.
Defensible rate studies, priced to your utility
Rate360 gives utilities and the advisors who support them a rigorous, NARUC-aligned platform to run cost-of-service studies and rate design year-round — with built-in accuracy checks and board-ready outputs. Priced to the size of your utility, on a subscription you run on your own schedule.
Core
Everything you need to run a defensible study in-house.
- Cost-of-Service Study — functionalize, classify, allocate
- Rate Design Studio with bill-impact modeling
- Board-ready PDF reports
- NOAA weather normalization
- Bulk Excel / iVue (NISC) import
Pro
For utilities that file with commissions or integrate their stack.
- Everything in Core
- State-aware regulatory exports (RUS Form 7 + commission)
- API access for your data stack
- Priority support
Both tiers are priced by the size of your utility:
Small
Up to 5,000 meters
Medium
5,000 – 20,000 meters
Large
20,000+ meters
Specialized add-on modules
Large Load (data-center) analysis and more — added to any plan on request.
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Purpose-built for electric utilities — cooperative, municipal, and investor-owned — and the advisors who serve them. Let's talk about how Rate360 fits your work.