fair rate of return

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• fair rate of return — The rate of return that state governments allow a public utility to earn on its investments and expenditures. Utilities then use these profits to pay investors and provide service upgrades to their customers. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …   Financial and business terms

• fair rate of return — Amount of profits that a public utility is permitted to earn as determined by public utility commissions. Such is based on the need of the utility to maintain service to customers, finance expenditures for improvements and expansion, pay… …   Black's law dictionary

• fair rate of return — Amount of profits that a public utility is permitted to earn as determined by public utility commissions. Such is based on the need of the utility to maintain service to customers, finance expenditures for improvements and expansion, pay… …   Black's law dictionary

• Rate Of Return Regulation — A form of price setting regulation where governments determine the fair price which is allowed to be charged by a monopoly. Rate of return regulation is meant to protect customers from being charged higher prices due to the monopoly s power,… …   Investment dictionary

• rate base — n: the total fair value of public utility property that is used in rendering services and that comprises the investment on which a fair rate of return is based in setting utility rates Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• fair return on investment — A fair return is to be largely measured by usual returns in like investments in the same vicinity over the same period of time. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. Federal Power Commission, C.C.A.I11., 120 F.2d 625, 633, 634. Reasonable profit …   Black's law dictionary

• fair return on investment — A fair return is to be largely measured by usual returns in like investments in the same vicinity over the same period of time. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. Federal Power Commission, C.C.A.I11., 120 F.2d 625, 633, 634. Reasonable profit …   Black's law dictionary

• rate — Proportional or relative value, measure, or degree. The proportion or standard by which quantity or .value is adjusted. Thus, the rate of interest is the proportion or ratio between the principal and interest; the buildings in a town are rated… …   Black's law dictionary

• return — To bring, carry, or send back; to place in the custody of; to restore; to re deliver. Return means that something which has had a prior existence will be brought or sent back. Sims v. Western Steel Co., C.A. Utah, 551 F.2d 811, 820. The act of a… …   Black's law dictionary

• return — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 coming/going back; giving sth back ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, full ▪ a full return to health ▪ gradual ▪ eventual ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Rate base —   The value of property upon which a utility is permitted to earn a specified rate of return as established by a regulatory authority. The rate base generally represents the value of property used by the utility in providing service and may be… …   Energy terms