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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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