Utilities Billing and Collections Administration

  • Chapel Hill, NC
    This course is also available online.
  • Chapel Hill, NC
    This course is also available online.

This course provides an overview of the authority and requirements for establishing customer accounts and billing and collecting public enterprise utility fees. The focus will be on water, sewer, and solid waste enterprises. Participants will engage in a series of interactive exercises to apply general concepts to common scenarios that arise in utility billing and collections. The course is intended for finance officers, clerks, managers, attorneys, utility managers, and utility billing clerks of all experience levels in North Carolina.

This course will be held in a hybrid format, online, and in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Additional information

Level of Knowledge: Introductory to Intermediate, no prerequisites. Faculty for the course will be composed of staff of the School of Government. The teaching methods comprise lectures, class discussions, case studies and referral to actual experiences.

CPE8.00 hrs
  • Chapel Hill, NC
    This course is also available online.
    September 17 - 18, 2024
    UNC School of Government
    400 South Rd.
    Chapel Hill, NC
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    Course participants who cancel their registration on or before September 09, 2024 will receive a full refund. No refund will be made for cancellations on or after September 10, 2024, but you will receive a transferrable credit to be used within 12 months. Click here to view the School’s full cancellation and refund policy.
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    Please see HERE for Chapel Hill area hotels.

    $280.00
    Registration and payment for this course grants access for a single attendee. In order to register a group of attendees, please register each person individually. If you have questions, please contact our registration office at registration@sog.unc.edu or 919.966.4414.
  • Chapel Hill, NC
    This course is also available online.
    June 3 - 4, 2025
    UNC Knapp-Sanders Building
    400 South Road
    Chapel Hill, NC 27514
    View Cancellation Policy
    Course participants who cancel their registration on or before May 26, 2025 will receive a full refund. No refund will be made for cancellations on or after May 27, 2025, but you will receive a transferrable credit to be used within 12 months. Click here to view the School’s full cancellation and refund policy.
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    Please click HERE for a list of area hotels with rates for local government officials. 

The cost of this course is $280.

All course materials and other logistical details are provided in Canvas, a learning management system. Please click the link below for detailed instructions on setting up your Canvas account. If you've already set up an account for this or another School of Government course, click HERE to log in to Canvas. Click HERE for Canvas Instructions.

 

Registrants will receive a copy of Guide to Billing and Collecting Public Enterprise Utility Fees for Water, Wastewater, and Solid Waste Services, by Kara Millonzi.

For all registration questions, resetting passwords, or login issues please contact:

Dale Zuckert

Assistant Registrar
919.966.4414
For questions regarding course details, including location, schedule, materials, and continuing education credits, please contact:

Clare Kilmartin

Program Manager, Law and Finance Group
Robert W. Bradshaw Jr. Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Government