rate base
Americannoun
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a guaranteed minimum amount or number used to compute advertising rates, as the number of subscribers to a publication.
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a basic amount or number used to compute charges to a customer, as the number of monthly phone calls.
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the valuation of property upon which tax rates are based.
Example Sentences
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“Investors enjoyed the strong rate base and earnings growth from California utilities, but without any change in liability standards, we believe they will look elsewhere,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Utilities continue to deliver solid earnings growth…supported by increasing electric demand, steady rate base expansion, and accelerating data center development.”
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The amount it would pay, however, is capped on the size of the reimbursement relative to the size of their rate base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
The rate base of the assets proposed to be transferred is about $3.5 billion, which is about 7% of PG&E's total rate base.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2022
The rate base would be ascertained as a fact, not determined as a matter of opinion.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin
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