Principles of Public Utility Rates /

Principles of Public Utility Rates / / 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.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Bonbright, James C.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1961]
©1961
Year of Publication:1961
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (436 p.)
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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

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