The Valuation of Public Service Corporation Property: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers,; vol. LXXII, June, 1911, ASCE 1190Riggs, Henry Earle
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The Valuation of Public Service Corporation Property: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers,; vol. LXXII, June, 1911, ASCE 1190
(IV) Having found the average amount of the required revenue that each
class must pay, and the average amount of the total output each class
will use, dividing the former by the latter for each case will give the
rate each class is to pay during the new period.
It is often found in plants that large extensions have been made to
supply a special contract for a long period of time, and these
extensions are set aside for the exclusive use of this contract. In such
cases exclude the cost, etc., of this part of the plant from the "Fair
and Equitable Value" in the matter of adjustment of rates.
In determining the operating expenses, etc., in such a case, find the
percentage of the total output this special output amounts to; then,
using this percentage, find what part of the total power-house expenses
of all kinds are caused by this special contract. This result is
deducted from the total power-house expense, and the remainder is the
power-house cost of furnishing the consumers with their share of the
total output. If it is found that special employees are required to
deliver this special output, their cost is deducted, and the same for
the maintenance material used. Taxes and interest on the cost of this
special equipment are found by ascertaining the percentage this cost of
the special equipment bears to the whole plant.
The above results are deducted from the total operating, maintenance,
taxes, and interest disbursements, and "Fair and Equitable Value," and
the remainders are used as the cost of the last year's expenses for
furnishing the consumers with their share of the product and the "Fair
and Equitable Value."
The same method is used in determining the revenue paid by the consumer.
The above result, _i. e._, cost of operating, etc., is then used as the
basis for estimating the expenses for the period of the new contract, as
heretofore set forth.
If the charter comes under Class II or III, the city no doubt has
incorporated a clause for the adjustment of rates, and the method used
above is followed.
15th.—Where the franchise has expired and is going to be renewed, the
same method holds.
16th.—Where the franchise has expired and the city has paid a certain
amount for service, and is to buy the property, the same method is used,
except in determining the intangible value. For determining the latter,
the amount the city pays for service is deducted from the gross
collected revenue. From expenses is deducted the same percentage as the
amount of the city's payment is of the gross revenue; a net revenue is
found from this, the taxes paid are deducted, the remainder is
capitalized as heretofore set forth, and is the intangible value.
Whatever the latter amounts to is added to (or deducted from, in case of
deficit) the "Fair and Equitable Physical Value," and the result is the
price the city should pay.
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