John Spanos

Mr. Spanos joined Gannett Fleming in 1986. He is President of Gannett Fleming Valuation and Rate Consultants, LLC. His responsibilities include providing a variety of services to clients in the electric, natural gas, water, wastewater and pipeline industries. These services include overseeing the assembly of basic data required for depreciation studies, conducting statistical analyses of accounting data, estimating service life and net salvage parameters, and calculating annual and accrued depreciation. He performs field inspections of utility infrastructure and meets with engineering management for purposes of estimating service lives and verifying property records for original cost and depreciation studies. He also has supervised the updating of continuing property records. Mr. Spanos supports the depreciation studies with expert testimony before U.S. regulatory commissions, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). He continually presents key depreciation issues at industry conferences.

Mr. Spanos' technical education has included formal instructional programs offered by Depreciation Programs, Inc. Courses successfully completed include "Techniques of Life Analysis," "Techniques of Salvage and Depreciation Analysis," "Forecasting Life and Salvage," "Modeling and Life Analysis Using Simulation," and "Managing a Depreciation Study.” He also completed the week-long course “Introduction to Public Utility Accounting” conducted by the American Gas Association.