Virginia § 56-244 - Increase to make up for losses due to excessive temporary reduction
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 56-244 — Increase to make up for losses due to excessive temporary reduction, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 56-244. Increase to make up for losses due to excessive temporary reduction
If upon a final disposition of the issues involved in a proceeding mentioned in § 56-242, the rates or charges as finally determined by the Commission, or the court having jurisdiction of the subject matter, are in excess of the rates and charges prescribed in any temporary order issued in such proceeding, then such public utility shall be permitted, over such reasonable time as the Commission shall fix, to amortize and recover, by means of a temporary increase over and above the rates and charges finally determined, such sum as shall represent the difference between the gross income obtained from the rates and charges prescribed in such temporary reduction order, and the gross income which would have obtained, during the period such temporary reduction order was in effect, based upon the same volume, from the rates and charges finally determined.
1934, p. 366; Michie Code 1942, § 4071a.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Code of Virginia § 56-244 cover?
Section 56-244 ("Increase to make up for losses due to excessive temporary reduction") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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