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Pretax capital depreciation

A Prescription for Regulatory Lag

Depreciation accounting methods can trim revenue shortfalls.

Joe Rosebrock

Utilities and regulators are stuck in a rut, treating rate-base assets in a traditional way and depreciating their value according to a straight-line calculation. But alternative accounting methods might provide a more accurate and financially justifiable way to treat depreciation of utility capital assets.