Lori A. Uhl, CPA
Treasurer

Lori has 16 years of financial accounting experience. She joined USDI’s parent company, Illinois Gas Company, in September of 2002. Lori is involved with financial reporting (internal and regulatory), cash management, computer application enhancement, tax deposits/returns and is responsible for all aspects of accounting for both Illinois Gas Company and their subsidiary USDI. Lori also manages gas supply for Illinois Gas Company’s 10,000 customers. She has a great relationship with the accounting staff at the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). She is responsible for monthly PGA filings and the yearly PGA reconciliation to the ICC. She prepared the required filings and subsequent data requests for major rate cases filed in 2004 and 2008. Lori has also assisted municipal gas systems with PGA rate setting and reconciliation.

Prior to entering the natural gas industry, Lori began her career with a major distribution company. Her experience ranged from cash management to accounts payable to financial reporting. Her most rewarding experience came from involvement in two different ERP software implementations. First during 1998-1999, she was the financial lead on an Oracle implementation project. The second came with a change in ownership in 2001. She was the financial lead on an SAP implementation project and became the ‘resident expert’ for all financial modules and overlap modules, Order Entry and Billing.

Lori majored in Accounting and received her Bachelor of Science in Business degree from Eastern Illinois University. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois CPA Society. Away from work, Lori loves spending time with her husband, son and daughter. She enjoys walking, landscaping, reading and traveling.