1. Assist SCPPA in updating and implementing strategies, plans, and policies. This includes analyzing short-term, intermediate, long-term financing options, and ongoing surveys of the financial activities of public and private electric utilities. 2. Provide SCPPA with information, judgments, and forecasts regarding economic, capital market, and money market conditions. 3. Advise SCPPA on the timing, method, and structure of its security sales and provide, when requested, consultation in negotiating the components of the underwriters’ spread and the pricing and other terms of the securities offered. 4. Assist SCPPA in preparing and reviewing documents necessary for the sale of its securities and the investment of the proceeds thereof. 5. Assist SCPPA, in coordination with SCPPA’s bond, disclosure and tax counsel(s), in ensuring that applicable laws and regulations relating to security offerings are followed.