Principles of Public Utility Rates / / James C. Bonbright.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Bonbright, James C.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1961]; ©1961
• Year of Publication: 1961
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (436 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; PART ONE. Basic Standards of Reasonable Rates --; I. THE PUBLIC UTILITY CONCEPT --; II. THE PUBLIC INTEREST AS THE ASSUMED GOAL OF RATE MAKING --; III. THE ROLE OF PUBLIC UTILITY RATES --; IV. COST OF SERVICE AS THE BASIC STANDARD OF REASONABLENESS --; V. VALUE OF SERVICE AS AN ANCILLARY STANDARD --; VI. COMPETITIVE PRICE AS A NORM OF RATE REGULATION --; VII. SOCIAL PRINCIPLES OF RATE MAKING --; VIII. FAIRNESS VERSUS FUNCTIONAL EFFICIENCY AS OBJECTIVES OF RATE MAKING POLICY --; IX. RATE-LEVEL STANDARDS AND RATE-STRUCTURE STANDARDS --; PART TWO. Fair-Return Standards of a Reasonable Rate Level --; X. CRITERIA OF A FAIR RETURN --; XI. THE RATE BASE: COST OR VALUE --; XII. THE RATE BASE: ACTUAL COST WITH OR WITHOUT ADJUSTMENT FOR PRICE-LEVEL CHANGES --; XIII. THE RATE BASE: ALLOWANCES FOR DEPRECIATION UNDER AN ACTUAL-COST STANDARD --; XIV. THE RATE BASE: REPLACEMENT COST AS AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD --; XV. THE FAIR RATE OF RETURN --; PART THREE. The Rate Structure --; XVI. CRITERIA OF A SOUND RATE STRUCTURE --; XVII. MARGINAL COSTS, SHORT-RUN AND LONG-RUN --; XVIII. FULLY DISTRIBUTED COSTS --; XIX. DISCRIMINATION, DUE AND UNDUE --; XX. THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARGINAL COST PRICING --; PUBLICATIONS CITED IN FOOTNOTES --; TABLE OF CITED CASES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231888615; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/bonb92418
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James C. Bonbright.

Centers attention on the basic criteria of reasonable public utility rates to bridge the gap between academic economists and the actual rate makers and regulators.