CONFISCATORY RATES - Black's Law Dictionary

What is CONFISCATORY RATES? Definition of CONFISCATORY RATES in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

For  utility are  rates which do not afford net return sufficient to preserve utility's  property and to attract  capital  necessary to enable utility to discharge its public duties. Wichita Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission  of Kansas, D.C.Kan., 2 F.Supp. 792,  799. Rates which  do not afford a reasonable return  on value of property  at time it is used in public service.  State v. Tri-State Telephone and  Telegraph Co., 204 Minn. 516, 284 N.W. 294, 305.

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