Table 4-6
Unit Costs of Service (Test Year)

    
Demand
Customer Costs
Direct Fire Protection Service
 
Maximum/
Day
Maximum/
Hour*
Meters & Services
Billing & Collecting
Line No.
Item
Total
Commodity
 
Total System
Units of Service

1
Number
280,000
1,628
1,299
1,091
11,005
2

Units
cubic meters
cu.m./day
cu.m./day
equiv. meters
bills
O & M Expense
Total
P2,426,800
P495,100
P 989,800
P160,500
P327,900
P426,200
P27,300
4
Unit cost (P/unit)
1.7682
607.9852
123.5565
300.5499
38.7278
Depreciation Expense
5
Total
P440,700
P13,000
P252,800
P84,600
P77,000
P13,000
6
Unit cost (P/unit)
0.0464
155.2825
65.1270
70.5774
Rate Base
7
Total rate base
P17,232,000
P929,000
P10,490,000
P3,239,000
P2,122,000
P452,000
8
Unit rate base (P/unit)
3.3178
6,443.4889
2,493,4565
1,945.0045
Unit Return on Rate Base
9
Retail (P/unit)**
0.1552
301.5552
116.6937
91.0262
10
Wholesale (P/unit)***
0.2986
579.9140
224.4110
175.0504
Total Unit Costs of Service
11
Retail (P/unit)
1.9698
1,064.8229
305.3772
462.1535
38.7278
12
Wholesale (P/unit)
2.1132
1,343.1817
413.0945
546.1777
38.7278
 
* Maximum-hour demand in excess of maximum-day demand.
** Assumed 4.68 percent return on rate base.
*** Assumed 9.0 percent return on rate base