US power & utilities industry events and webcasts

PwC's Power & Utilities Executive Webcast Series – Practical guidance on recent financial reporting

PwC's Power and Utilities Executive Webcast Series provides practical guidance on recent regulatory and financial reporting developments. Hosted on March 21, this webcast featured discussions on:

• The latest from the FASB and IASB, including updates on the revenue recognition and lease accounting projects
• Discussion and examples of disclosures required by new accounting standards effective in Q1 2013 and
• Key reminders related to accounting for and disclosure of plant disallowances and abandonments.

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PwC's Trends in Power and Utilities Auditing Webcast – Highlights from the 2012 Chief Audit Executive Survey

This webcast is designed to provide insight into new and emerging issues to help provide practical guidance for power and utilities internal audit departments. In particular, this webcast will feature discussions on, and examples related to, the results of our seventh annual Chief Audit Executive Survey.

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PwC's Power and Utilities Executive Webcast Series: Practical guidance on recent financial reporting developments (Q4 2012)

Hosted on January 10, this webcast featured discussions on, and examples related to the accounting considerations relevant to the upcoming cycle of annual reports, key issues and new accounting standards as well as trends from an SEC comment letter perspective.

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Power and Utilities Year-end Tax Planning Webcast

Held on Thursday, December 6, this webcast featured a post-election legislative update on dividend tax, bonus depreciation extension, PTCs and the impact on the power and utilities industry, a year-end SALT update and a discussion of hot topics including general asset accounting, tangible asset regulations and repair IIRs.

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Power and Utilities Internal Audit Webcast Series: Focus on Data Privacy

Hosted on October 25, this webcast featured a discussion on how Internal Audit can play a critical role in providing assurance around data security and privacy controls and practices.

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PwC's Power and Utilities Executive Webcast Series: Practical guidance on recent financial reporting developments

Hosted on Thursday, September 20, this webcast featured discussions on and examples related to the following topics:
Current accounting developments: The latest from the FASB, including a newly proposed framework for disclosure requirements
SEC hot topics: An update on the SEC's IFRS workplan and recent comment letter trends
Focus on valuation and impairment testing: Key reminders for assessing asset valuations and lessons learned from "Step 0" goodwill tests

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Managing NERC CIP Compliance with Governance-Based Identity Management Webcast

On July 17, we hosted Managing NERC CIP Compliance with Governance-Based Identity Management, a webcast focusing on the impact of Version 4 of the NERC CIP cyber security standards on power generation and utility companies. In particular this one-hour webcast addressed the challenges introduced by the broadened applicability of these standards and discussed how automation can improve compliance with some of the most commonly violated requirements, while at the same time lowering the cost of compliance.

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Power and Utilities Internal Audit Webcast Series: Spotlight on Capital Projects
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Hosted on Thursday, June 21, this webcast featured a discussion on capital project development in the power and utilities industry, focusing on project governance considerations and typical risks associated with project execution.

Power and Utilities Executive Webcast Series: Practical guidance on recent financial reporting developments (Q2 2012)
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Hosted on Thursday, June 21, this webcast featured discussions on and examples related to the following topics:

• An update on recent accounting developments, including the latest on the FASB's priority projects and accounting for rate-regulated entities under IFRS
• Guidance on the recently-issued JOBS Act and the SEC's IFRS Work Plan
• An update on practical considerations for entities engaging in swap transactions under the Dodd-Frank Act

Power and Utilities Internal Audit Webcast Series focusing on the impact of Dodd-Frank Act on power and utility companies and what internal audit departments should be focused on.
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Hosted on April 4, this webcast featured discussions on, and examples related to, the impact and associated risks of Dodd-Frank on power and utility companies. We also took a deeper dive into how internal audit should be monitoring these impacts on business operations both now and in the future.

Power and Utilities executive webcast series: Practical guidance on recent financial reporting developments (Q1 2012)
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Hosted on March 22, this webcast featured discussions on, and examples related to, the following topics:

• An update on recent accounting developments, including industry-specific details concerning the joint revenue recognition project
• Given the upcoming proxy season, current regulatory and reporting areas of focus and their impact on power and utility companies
• A discussion of the recently-proposed update to the COSO framework