The Development of Scientific Rates for Electricity Supply: Being Reprints of Selected Original Rate Papersprivate circulation, 1915 - 231 páginas |
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... assume that 2 per cent . will be applicable if the plant runs light , the remaining 6 per cent : if it is fully and continuously loaded . The expenses connected with conductors and switchboard , etc. , will be exactly the same whether ...
... assume that 2 per cent . will be applicable if the plant runs light , the remaining 6 per cent : if it is fully and continuously loaded . The expenses connected with conductors and switchboard , etc. , will be exactly the same whether ...
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... assumed that accumulators are not used . Form of Charge The charge for a service rendered should bear some relation to the cost of rendering it . If it is a matter of open competition the matter will settle itself , for no one will for ...
... assumed that accumulators are not used . Form of Charge The charge for a service rendered should bear some relation to the cost of rendering it . If it is a matter of open competition the matter will settle itself , for no one will for ...
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... assumed that the supply of electricity is carried on without the aid of accumulators . Let us first compare the cost of an electric accumulator with the cost of a gas - holder containing the same possibility of producing light . A gas ...
... assumed that the supply of electricity is carried on without the aid of accumulators . Let us first compare the cost of an electric accumulator with the cost of a gas - holder containing the same possibility of producing light . A gas ...
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... assume that the batteries are distributed at the various points of the system of con- ductors , we may also assume that the charges for land and buildings will be much the same as for the plant without accumulators . The boilers ...
... assume that the batteries are distributed at the various points of the system of con- ductors , we may also assume that the charges for land and buildings will be much the same as for the plant without accumulators . The boilers ...
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... Assume the total wages to be £ 3,500 instead of £ 5,000 . The account will then stand thus : — Land . Buildings . Rates . Accumulators . Boilers .. Engines . Dynamos .. £ 1,000 1,500 500 12,500 1,050 1,080 675 300 6,000 3,500 £ 28,105 ...
... Assume the total wages to be £ 3,500 instead of £ 5,000 . The account will then stand thus : — Land . Buildings . Rates . Accumulators . Boilers .. Engines . Dynamos .. £ 1,000 1,500 500 12,500 1,050 1,080 675 300 6,000 3,500 £ 28,105 ...
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actual alternating current amount ampere-hour analysis assume basis boiler bonds Brighton capacity capital cent central station central-station classes of consumers coal Commission compensation competition connected load consumer's consumption cost of service cost of supplying Court curve Demand Cost demand factors depreciation determine direct current diversity factor dividends earnings Edison Illuminating Companies efficiency lamps electric conductors fair return feeder figures fixed charges Gas and Electric high-efficiency lamps increase installation interval investment isolated plants kilowatt kilowatt-hour kw connected less light load curve load factor long-hour loss maximum demand maximum load Meter Rates methods of charging motor number of consumers output paid peak percentage present production proportion railroad rate of interest rate of profit readiness to serve reasonable profit reduced repairs residence risks running costs sell standing charges stockholders sumers supplying electricity tion total cost undertaking vary Wisconsin Wright demand
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Página 165 - We hold, however, that the basis of all calculations as to the reasonableness of rates to be charged by a corporation maintaining a highway under legislative sanction must be the fair value of the property being used by it for the convenience of the public.
Página 179 - There is no particular rate of compensation which must in all cases and in all parts of the country be regarded as sufficient for capital invested in business enterprises. Such compensation must depend greatly upon circumstances and locality; among other things, the amount of risk in the business is a most important factor, as well as the locality where the business is conducted and the rate expected and usually realized there upon investments of a somewhat similar nature with regard to the risk...
Página 179 - What the company is entitled to demand, in order that it may have just compensation, is a fair return upon the reasonable value of the property at the time it is being used for the public.
Página 165 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Página 165 - The public cannot properly be subjected to unreasonable rates in order simply that stockholders may earn dividends. The legislature has the authority, In every case where its power has not been restrained by contract, to proceed upon the ground that the public may not rightfully be required to submit to unreasonable exactions for the use of a public highway established and maintained under legislative authority. If a corporation cannot maintain such a highway and earn dividends for stockholders,...
Página 164 - ... its capital stock. When the question arises whether the legislature has exceeded its constitutional power in prescribing rates to be charged by a corporation controlling a public highway, stockholders are not the only persons whose rights or interests are to be considered. The rights of the public are not to be ignored.
Página 134 - But it should also be remembered that the judiciary ought not to interfere with the collection of rates established under legislative sanction unless they are so plainly and palpably unreasonable as to make their enforcement equivalent to the taking of property for public use without such compensation as under all the circumstances is just both to the owner and to the public...
Página 139 - And we concur with the court below in holding that the value of the property is to be determined as of the time when the inquiry is made regarding the rates. If the property, which legally enters into the consideration of the question of rates, has increased in value since it was acquired, the company is entitled to the benefit of such increase.
Página 165 - The corporation may not be required to use its property for the benefit of the public without receiving just compensation for the services rendered by it.
Página 133 - In reviewing the order of the Railroad Commission the inquiry is not whether the rate, regulation, or service fixed by the Commission is just and reasonable, but whether the order of the Commission is unreasonable or unlawful. The nature of the inquiry is changed at this point, and the court is not investigating for the purpose of establishing a fixed point Whether or not the order is within the field of reasonableness, or outside of its boundaries, is the question for the court It is quite a different...