Liberalized Depreciation and Public Utility Rate Regulation: Administrative Law. Public Utilities. Rate Regulation

1961 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 610
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Law ◽  
Public Utility ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Rate Regulation ◽  
Utility Rate

The Functions of Courts and Commissions in Public Utility Rate Regulation

1924 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Ray A. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Public Utility ◽  
Rate Regulation ◽  
Utility Rate

Problems of Public-Utility Rate Regulation and Fair Return

1924 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 543-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. O. Ruggles
Keyword(s):  
Public Utility ◽  
Rate Regulation ◽  
Utility Rate

EQUITY FLOTATION COST IN PUBLIC UTILITY RATE REGULATION

1991 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-247
Author(s):  
H. Christine Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Public Utility ◽  
Rate Regulation ◽  
Utility Rate

Flotation Cost Adjustment in Public Utility Rate Regulation

1990 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
H. Christine Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Public Utility ◽  
Rate Regulation ◽  
Utility Rate

Public Utility Rate Regulation: The End of the Rule of Smyth v. Ames

1942 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 1027
Keyword(s):  
Public Utility ◽  
Rate Regulation ◽  
Utility Rate

scholarly journals Technical Owners and the Public Utilities Board

1983 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
E. J. McCoy
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Public Utility ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Rate Regulation ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legislative Authority ◽  
History Of ◽  
Common Parlance ◽  
Statutory Regulation

Companies in the business of oil and gas exploration and development would not, in common parlance, be referred to as "public utilities ". Nonetheless, many enterprises in volved in such undertakings find themselves increasingly regulated by the Public Utilities Board. They are known in the industry as "technical owners" because they are caught by the statutory definitions of "owner of a public utility". In this paper, the author traces the history of the legislation culminating in our present Public Utilities Board Act and Gas Utilities Act Particular attention is paid to the political and economic events which underlie the evolution of those provisions which define and regulate technical owners. Under the topic of jurisdiction, the author addresses the question of legislative authority and the extent to which the definitions of "gas utility" and "public utility" ap ply to facilities and activities of technical owners. The author concludes that, while there may be some specific instances in which the statutes could not govern, they are capable of very wide application. The extent of jurisdiction is discussed with particular reference to the Board's power of control over securities, dispositions, encumbrances and mergers. This power is necessary for rate regulation since control of utility rates would be ineffective if utilities were unfettered in their financial dealings. Failure to obtain Board approval for such transactions can render the transaction unenforceable, although the courts have frequently avoided such harsh consequences in their interpretation of statutory limitations of contracts. The statutes recognize that in some instances utility owners ought to be exempted from statutory regulation by providing for both "statutory exemptions" and "declaratory exemptions". Statutory exemptions are quite limited and apply only to specific forms of transaction. Declaratory exemptions, on the other hand, may exempt an owner from all the regulatory provision of t

Public Utility Rate Regulation: A Re-Examination

1957 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 1027
Author(s):  
G. Stanley Joslin ◽  
Arthur S. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Public Utility ◽  
Rate Regulation ◽  
Utility Rate

Market-based and accounting standards for public utility rate regulation

1979 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-138
Author(s):  
Wilbur G. Lewellen ◽  
John J. McConnell
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Public Utility ◽  
Rate Regulation ◽  
Utility Rate

"Cost of Capital" in Public Utility Rate Regulation

1957 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 1079
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Public Utility ◽  
Rate Regulation ◽  
Utility Rate
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