The benchmarking schedule is designed to allow participants to input their data and review it thru various draft report cycles. This assures that the overall quality of the benchmarking report is maintained.
Standing Meetings
Steering Committee meetings – second Tuesday at 11:00am ET / 8:00am PT (January to September)
Online Practices and Networking meetings – fourth Wednesday at 4:00pm ET / 1:00pm PT (most months, see topics and details)
The 2021 IFMA Utilities Council Benchmarking Program Milestones
| Date | Activity |
| WUG (Eastern Utility Group) meeting – none in 2021 | |
| EUG (Western Utility Group) meeting – none in 2021 | |
| Apr 1 | Website open for data submittal |
| Apr 20 | Getting Started Webinar: Data Input & Survey Clarifications  12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT |
| Apr – Jul | Input preliminary data |
| May 11-12 | UC Spring Meeting (virtual) |
| Jul 2 | Preliminary data submittal due for draft report |
| Jul 26 | Draft report available (with update every other Monday) |
| Jul – Sep | Input data revisions |
| Jul / Aug | WUG (Eastern Utility Group) meeting – TBD if one in 2021 |
| Jul / Aug | EUG (Western Utility Group) meeting – TBD if one in 2021 |
| Oct 1 | Final data submittal due |
| Oct 17-18 | UC Fall Meeting (based on IFMA WWP, dates subject to change if virtual) |
| Oct 22 | Complete final data adjustments and corrections |
| Nov 1 | Final report available |
| Nov 9 | Report Review Webinar 11:00 am EST / 8:00 am PST |