Russ Beitzel

Russ Beitzel is a Senior Utility Analyst in the Telecommunications and Water Division at the Oregon Public Utility Commission, starting with the PUC in 2018. With regard to water, Mr. Beitzel have analyzed and addressed numerous issues including tariff changes, property sales, affiliated interest transactions, revenue requirement calculations, deferred tax calculations, rate spread, and rate design. I have also served as case manager on multiple water rate cases. Additionally, he worked at Ashland, Inc for twenty years as a manufacturing and corporate accountant and global business analyst. His accountant duties included product cost analysis, general ledger account analysis, SOX compliance, and internal and external audit compliance. His analyst duties included budgeting, forecasting, financial statement analysis, acquisition tracking, and division financial support for a global business unit. Mr. Beitzel holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Otterbein University.