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Our
Professionals…
Managing Partner
Mr. Dane Watson has twenty years
experience at a Fortune 100 utility company in property accounting,
depreciation and valuation. He has an industry-wide reputation with
significant experience as an expert witness in depreciation, valuation and
rate base areas and has provided testimony and support in numerous
state regulatory commission dockets.
Mr. Watson has conducted
depreciation studies for generation, electric transmission, electric
distribution, gas transmission, gas distribution, telecommunicaiton,
cable, water, wastewater, and mining companies. He has held numerous
national industry roles related to depreciation and property accounting
including twice chairing the Plant Accounting and Valuation Committee of
the Edison Electric Institute. He served as general editor of the industry
publication “Introduction to Depreciation and Net Salvage of Public
Utility Plant and Plant of Other Industries” and is a frequent speaker at
conferences on depreciation related issues. Mr. Watson led the electric
and gas industry adoption of SFAS 143 and was industry panelist before
FERC (FERC Docket 02-0700) testifying on their implementation of SFAS 143.
Mr. Watson is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas (PE)
and a Certified Depreciation Professional (CDP). Mr. Watson teaches at
various depreciation related seminars across the country including
developing and teaching the advanced course for the Society of
Depreciation Professionals and the introduction and advanced courses
sponsored by Edison Electrical Institute and American Gas Association.
Senior
Consultant
Dr. Karen Ponder is a Senior Consultant at
Alliance Consulting Group with over thirty years of experience in utility
depreciation. Dr. Ponder has a doctorate degree in engineering valuation
from Iowa State University where her dissertation was entitled, “Some
Aspects Of Statistically Modeling The Simulated Plant Record Method.” She
is considered a subject matter expert in depreciation and capital recovery
in the utility industry and has performed depreciation studies for
regulated entities involving property of various types: electric
generation, electric transmission and distribution property, gas
distribution, gas transmission, and mining.
Dr. Ponder has
conducted statistical analysis of life and net salvage components and
incorporated knowledge of equipment failure, new technological trends, and
company practices to develop life and net salvage estimates. She has
provided support during rate case litigation including study write-up,
testimony, and responses to interrogatories. Dr. Ponder has also developed
algorithms for computerization of equal life group depreciation and
reserve allocation methodologies used in regulatory proceedings. She was
an instructor for many years at Depreciation Programs, Inc. in Kalamazoo,
Michigan. She currently serves as a faculty member for the Society of
Depreciation Professionals training sessions.
Senior
Consultant
Ms. Rhonda Watts is a Senior Consultant at
Alliance Consulting Group with over eighteen years experience in the
utility industry. Ms. Watts joined Alliance Consulting
Group after twelve years at Deloitte and Touche, LLP and previous
employment at a large investor owned electric utility.
Ms.
Watts has conducted studies for electric, gas and water utility companies
across the country. Additionally she has provided advisory,
consultation and audit support services on capital assets, depreciation
issues, SFAS 143 as well as affiliate transaction reviews and other
regulated utility ratemaking issues.
Ms. Watts has provided
annual updates and edits to "Accounting for Public Utilities" by
Hahne-Aliff as well as part of a team that updated and edited an industry
textbook "Introduction to Public Utility Accounting". She
also held numerous positions, including President of the Society of
Depreciation Professionals where she remains an active member. She
has presented depreciation training at several utility
seminars. Ms. Watts has a Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration with emphasis in accounting and
finance.
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Our Company…
Alliance Consulting
Group is a Texas corporation formed in 2004. Alliance Consulting
Group partner Dane Watson is actively involved in the day-to-day
operations of the business.
We currently have two senior
professionals, Karen Ponder and Rhonda Watts. Alliance Consulting
Group is dedicated to providing quality consulting and expert services to
the utility industry. Our professionals have over 75 years of
combined experience around the utility industry, and we have been employed
in the industry as utility employees, auditors and
consultants.
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