Annual Report Of The Public Utilities Commission Of The State Of Rhode Island For The Year Ending PDF Download

Excerpt from Sixth Annual Report of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Rhode Island for the Year Ending December 31, 1917: Made to His Excellency R. Livingston Beeckman Governor of the State of Rhode Island To His Excellency R.Livingston Beeckman, Governor of the Slate of Rhode Island. Sir: - Complying with the provisions of Section 9 of Chapter 795 of the Public Laws of Rhode Island, the Public Utilities Commission presents its sixth annual report. Recommendations. The Commission each year has suggested certain amendments to the Public Utilities Act in order that the public might be assured of the benefits which the Act as originally drawn contemplated, and these amendments are again recommended. There now has been ample opportunity for the Commission to ascertain that, under the present law, any public utility can establish rates and practices which will become effective even while steps are being taken to determine their reasonableness. This is particularly true as to rates as the law provides, in effect, that any rate upon which thirty days notice is given to the public and the Commission becomes a lawful rate unless otherwise ordered by the Commission after a full hearing. The length of time required by the Act in which to issue notices of investigation and hearing and to hold such full hearing, particularly in rate making matters, is palpably too brief for a determination of the matter before the expiration of the thirty days and in consequence there arises the complex condition of a rate becoming effective while the question of its reasonableness is in process of adjudication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.