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San Antonio, Texas
October 27 – 29, 2015
Unitary Valuation: Economic
Obsolescence Adjustment
Conundrum in the Cost Approach
Bwembya Chikolwa
Staff Appraiser
Property Tax Assistance Division
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
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Topics
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Cost approach model
Economic obsolescence defined
Tests for economic obsolescence
Economic obsolescence models
Regulatory framework for the utility, pipeline, railroad,
telecommunication industries
Investment returns by asset class
Take aways
Case study appraisals
Roundtable discussion
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Cost approach model
Property Cost and Obsolescence Components
Source: Reilly , R. 2012. Functional Obsolescence and Economic Obsolescence Considerations in the Property Tax Valuation. Insights
magazine, Summer 2012. Chicago: Willamette Management Associates
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Economic obsolescence defined
Economic obsolescence, also referred to as external obsolescence, is the loss in value
resulting from influences external to the property itself
International, national, industry-based, or local in origin
Incurable
Subject property’s inability to generate a market-based rate of return on investment (ROI)
Source: American Society of Appraisers (2011), Valuing Machinery and Equipment: The Fundaments of Appraising Machinery and
Technical Assets, 3rd Ed., Washington, D.C., . pp. 76
Economic obsolescence is loss in value caused by negative externalities, i.e., factors
outside a property
Temporary or permanent
Almost always incurable
Marketwide effect and influences a whole class of properties
Source: Appraisal Institute (2013), The Appraisal of Real Estate, 14th Ed., Chicago. pp. 632
Economic obsolescence has been interpreted as ‘changes in demand and requirements
of public authorities’ in some court cases
e.g., PacificCorp v. State of Montana, 253 P.3d at 854
Source: Code of Federal Regulations, 2007
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Test for economic obsolescence
Conditions that may indicate existence of economic obsolescence
Income approach value < Cost approach value
Market approach value < Cost approach value
Decrease in the following factors in recent years for the subject and the industry:
Revenue
Profitability
Cash flow
Product pricing
Profit margins
Returns on investment
Increase of competition in recent years for the subject and the industry
Source: Reilly , R. 2012. Functional Obsolescence and Economic Obsolescence Considerations in the Property Tax Valuation.
Insights magazine, Summer 2012. Chicago: Willamette Management Associates
Conditions that may indicate existence of economic obsolescence
Reduced demand for the company’s products
Overcapacity in the industry
Dislocation of raw material supplies
Increasing cost of raw materials, labor, utilities, or transportation, while the selling price of the product
remains fixed or increases at a much lower rate
Government regulations that require capital expenditures to be made with little or no return on the new
investment
Environmental considerations that require capital expenditures to be made with little or no return on the
new investment
Source: Remsha, M.J. 2010. Identifying and Quantifying Economic Obsolescence. American Appraisal
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Economic obsolescence models
Utilization Analysis
Equity-to-Book Ratio Analysis
Best of the Best (Blue-Chip) Technique
Income Shortfall Analysis
Government Regulations Analysis
Market-Derived Approach
Income Approach
Return-on-Capital Analysis
Gross Margin Analysis
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EO can be quantified using many different methods:
Model selection depends on data availability and type of asset being valued
Note:
The last two methods are not extensively used in unitary valuation. Some of methods discussed in this presentation are derivations of
market and income methods
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Utilization method
Calculating economic obsolescence using the ‘Utilization method’.
“Whenever the operating level of an asset is significantly less than its rated or design
capability… the asset is less valuable than it would otherwise be”
Source: American Society of Appraisers (2011), Valuing Machinery and Equipment: The Fundaments of
Appraising Machinery and Technical Assets, 3rd Ed., Washington, D.C.
Inutility Formula:
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X = scale factor → “6/10ths Formula” used
Capacity A: Design/Supply; Capacity B: Current/Demand
Used in:
- Telecommunications industry
- Pipeline industry:
BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc. v. State of Alaska, Department of Revenue, ---P.3d---, 2014 WL
685986 (Alaska Feb. 19, 2014)
Audited financial data v. Internal unaudited data
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Equity-to-book ratio method
Calculating economic obsolescence using the ‘Equity-to-book ratio method’.
Derived from sales approach: market-to-book ratio in excess of one implies a sale price in
excess of book value; vice versa is also true
Source: American Society of Appraisers (2011), Valuing Machinery and Equipment: The Fundaments of
Appraising Machinery and Technical Assets, 3rd Ed., Washington, D.C.
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Used to check if economic obsolescence exists:
- PacifiCorp v. State of Montana, Dept. of Revenue, 253 P.3d 847 (Mont. 2011)
Stock & Debt method arguments:
- Discounts and premiums
- Investor intent
BK Value MK Value MK to BK Book Market MK to BK
Per Share Per Share Ratio Value Value Ratio
Company Name Ticker A B C = B/A D E F = E/D
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. SXL 58.51 48.93 0.8362 1,589,000,000 1,732,000,000 1.0900
Enbridge Energy Partners LP EEP 14.69 29.02 1.9754 5,701,700,000 6,604,500,000 1.1583
Magellan Midstream Partners LP MMP 6.70 50.59 7.5495 2,323,408,000 2,721,985,000 1.1715
Nustar Energy LP NS 33.03 45.59 1.3804 2,411,004,000 2,377,120,000 0.9859
Buckeye Partners, L.P. BPL 24.12 47.77 1.9803 2,941,444,000 3,074,862,000 1.0454
Enterprise Products EPD 14.60 51.75 3.5449 14,655,200,000 14,655,200,000 1.0000
Kinder Morgan Egy Ptnrs L.P. KMP 30.34 81.26 2.6779 17,330,000,000 18,911,000,000 1.0912
Plains All American PL LP PAA 19.80 52.62 2.6581 6,320,000,000 7,300,000,000 1.1551
Average Book to Market: 2.8253 Average Book to Market: 1.0872
Equity 74.00% x 2.83 = 2.09
Debt 26.00% x 1.09 = 0.28
100.00% 2.37
M/B Ratio = 2.38
Notes:
A: Book value per share = (total equity - preferred equity - noncontrolling interest) / Outstanding shares
B: Market value per share = share price from Yahoo Finance/NYSE, etc.
D&E: Company financials show outstanding long term debt and its fair value.
Industry Market Capital Structure
PIPELINE INDUSTRY
Book to Market - Common Equity Per Share Book to Market - Long-Term Debt
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Blue-chip technique
Calculating economic obsolescence using the ‘Best of the best method’.
EO involves selecting several economic performance indicators for comparable
companies, such as rate of return, gross or net margins, and utilization, among others, for
comparison against the subject
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Used in electric coop industry
Was used in railroad industry
RCLD v. HCLD
Relevance v. Hodgepodge
STANDARD #1 STANDARD #2 STANDARD #3 STANDARD #4 STANDARD #5
MWH / MWH / NET MWH / O & M EXP. MWH / DIST. CUSTOMERS /
COMPANY CUSTOMER DIST. PLANT Less POWER EXP. O & M EXP. NET DIST.
Center Point H (T&D) 35.6882 0.0235 0.0663 0.3504 0.0007
Oncor Electric D (T&D) 34.7092 0.0194 0.0791 0.5729 0.0006
TNMP (T&D) 34.4549 0.0157 0.0639 0.3877 0.0005
Entergy Texas, Inc. (FI) 53.2518 0.0201 0.1301 0.6728 0.0004
Southwestern Electric Co. (FI) 54.3288 0.0236 0.1078 0.3908 0.0004
Southwestern Public Serv. (FI) 73.4368 0.0392 0.0938 0.7817 0.0005
Mean - All 47.6450 0.0236 0.0902 0.5261 0.0005
Mean - FI Only 60.3391 0.0276 0.1106 0.6151 0.0004
Subject Property % Good Calculation IOU Standards
% GOOD 1 (MWH/CUST/ 60.33914 ) = 0.334104
% GOOD 2 (MWH/NDTP/ 0.02764 ) = 0.198514
% GOOD 3 (MWH/OPEX/ 0.11056 ) = 0.444839
% GOOD 4 (MWH/DTEX/ 0.61511 ) = 0.177044
% GOOD 5 (CUST/NDTP/ 0.00045 ) = 0.606548
AVG % GOOD 0.352210
Net Book Value = 1,171,800,535
LESS: Economic Obsolescence (1 - 0.35221) 759,081,101
412,719,434Indicated Value
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Income shortfall method (1)
Calculating economic obsolescence using the ‘Income shortfall method’.
Percentage return differential between the projected allowed (regulated) rate of return and
a hypothetical market (unregulated) rate of return, which is then discounted to present
value.
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Based on
Projected Return-
to-Net Book
Based on Previous
Year's Return-to-
Net Book
YE 2014 YE 2013
Net Book Value 908,505,802 848,159,633
Cap Rate (x) 8.90% 8.90%
Expected Income 80,857,016 75,486,207
Projected Income (a) / Prior Year's Income (b)
(-) 47,234,634 (a) 40,192,652 (b)
Income Shortfall 33,622,382 35,293,555
Cap Rate (÷) 8.90% 8.90%
377,779,574 396,556,802
Net Book 908,505,802 908,505,802
Less Economic Obsolescence (c & d):
1 - ( 377,779,574 ÷ 908,505,802) (-) 377,779,574 ('c) 424,771,636 (d)
1 - ( 396,556,802 ÷ 848,159,633)
Market Value 530,726,228 483,734,166
Adopted Market Value 507,230,197
Value
always
equals that
from
Income
Approach
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Income shortfall method (2)
Legal precedents against/for the ‘Income shortfall method’.
Recent court rulings on method though inclined ‘against’, show that issue is not settled with certainty.
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AGAINST
1971 Northern Natural Gas v. Deweyer, 208 Kansas 337, 492 P.2d 147
1976 In re: Onondaga County Water District v. Board of Assessors of Minetto, 39 N.Y.2d 601, 350 N.E.2d
390
1979 Consumer's Power Co. v. Port Seldon Township, 91 Mich. App. 180, 183 N.W.2d 680
1979 Utah Power & Light Co. v. Utah State Tax Comm’n., 590 P.2d 332 (Ut. 1979)
1988 AT&T Communications v. Department of Revenue, Wash, BTA Bo. 33619
1988 Transcon. Gas Pipe Line Corp. v. Bernards Twp., 545 A2.d 746, 754 (N.J. 1988)
1989 United Telephone Co. v. Dep't of Revenue, 770 P2d. 43
1989 Pacific Power & Light Co. v. Dept. of Revenue, State of Oregon, 775 P.2d 303 (Or. 1989)
1990 Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Dep't of Treasury, Michigan Tax Tribunal, Docket No. 90553
1994 aff'd Michigan Bell Tel. Co. v. Department of Treasury, 445 Mich. 470, 518 N.W.2d 808
1997 Alta Pac. Assoc., Ltd. v. Utah State Tax Comm'n., 931 P.2d 103, 112 (Ut. 1997)
1999 Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Dept. of Revenue, State of Oregon, 984 P.2d 836, 849 (Or. 1999).
2008 Eurofresh, Inc. v. Graham County, 187 P.3d 530, 537 (Ariz. App. 2008)
2009 Quest v. State of Montana, Department of Revenue, SPT 2008-2 (Nov 30, 2009, on appeal).
2011 PacifiCorp v. State of Montana, Dept. of Revenue, 253 P.3d 847 (Mont. 2011).
2011 Jones v. Southern Natural Gas Co., 63 So.3d 1080 (La. Ct. App. 2011)
2012 Southwest Airlines Co. v. Arizona Dept. of Revenue, 2012 WL 3041179 (Ariz. App. 2012)
FOR
1980 Burlington Northern, Inc. v. Dept of Revenue, 291 Ore. 729
1998 Canal Square Limited Partnership v. State Board of Tax Commissioners, 694 N.E.2d 801(Indiana
1998)
1994 GTE North Incorporated v. Indiana Board of Tax Commissioners, 634 N.E.2d 882
2011 United Airlines, Inc. v. Prop. Tax Adm'r (Colo. Bd. of Assessment, App., N. 53259, Oct. 19, 2011)
2012 PacifiCorp v. Idaho State Tax Commission, 291 P.3d 442 (Supreme Court of Idaho 2012)
2012 Boston Gas Co. v. Board of Assessors of Boston, 82 Mass.App.Ct. 517, 976 N.E.2d 176
(Mass.App.Ct., 2012), 10/3/12.
2012 Beaver County v. Property Tax Division of the Utah State Tax Comm'n, No. 080905451 (3rd Dist. Ct.
Utah, Feb. 15, 2012)
2014 BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc. v. State of Alaska, Department of Revenue, ---P.3d---, 2014 WL 685986
(Alaska Feb. 19, 2014)
2015 State of Alaska, Department of Revenue v. BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc, ---P.3d---, 2015 WL 5061652
(Alaska August 28, 2015)
-Tariff regulation is not a form of economic obsolescence
-Excess capacity is a form of economic obsolescence
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Govt. regulations method (1)
Calculating economic obsolescence using the ‘Govt. regulations method’.
Loss in earnings resulting from the ‘regulatory lag’, i.e., the allowed rate of return was not
permitted to be increased fast enough, and the utility was not being given the opportunity
to earn on its rate base at current market rates
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Govt. regulations method (2)
Formula:
EO =
𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪 𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴 𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹 − 𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹
𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪 𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴 𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹
Salient facts on govt. regulation:
Social/regulatory compact v. Regulatory capture
‘Just and reasonable’ principle → ‘Zone of reasonableness’
Earned ROEs ≥ Allowed ROEs
Govt. regulators do not determine market value, market participants do
Govt. regulations influence property values
Ability to recover and earn returns and a conducive regulatory framework heavily impact
credit ratings, e.g. Moody’s Investor Service weights 50% for the two in utility industry
ratings
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Govt. regulations method (3)
AEP Texas North Company
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Year-End 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Allowed Rate of Return† 7.72% 8.01% 7.89% 7.21% 7.23% PUCT Allowed Return (WACC)
Current Desired Rate of Return 9.75% 9.24% 8.23% 8.97% 8.90% Capitalization Rate
Indicated Fraction Non-Obsolete 79.16% 86.63% 95.87% 80.36% 81.24%
Regulatory Analysis Economic
Obsolescence
20.84% 13.37% 4.13% 19.64% 18.76% = 1 - ((Market Return - Allowed
Return)/Market Return)
Notes:
1. Capitalization rate is a proxy for market return or desired rate of return.
2. †PUCTEarnings Report, Sch. V. Allowed ROE 9.96% on 12/13/2007, Docket No. 33309.
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Govt. regulations method (4)
Some utilities are able to tie their ROE with regulatory lag
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Govt. Regulation: For v. Against
For:
“To be truly successful, free markets
require common-sense regulation to
prevent manipulation and deceit”
Robert Shiller, 2013 Nobel Laurette
in Economics. “Faith in an Unregulated
Free Market? Don’t Fall for It,” NY Times,
Upshot, Oct. 9., 2015
“Markets Can Be Very, Very Wrong”
Paul Krugman, 2008 Nobel Laurette
in Economics. The Conscience of a
Liberal, NY Times, Sept. 30, 2011
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Against:
“Actual market prices are, on the
basis of all available information,
best estimates of intrinsic values”
Eugene F. Fama, 2013 Nobel Laurette
in Economics, father of the efficient
markets hypothesis
“Governments never learn. Only
people learn”
Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Laurette
in Economics, grandmaster of
free-market economic theory
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Govt. Regulation: Electric/Gas Distribution Industries
Regulatory agencies:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Federal
Railroad Commission of Texas – State → Gas Distribution
Public Utility Commission (PUC) – State
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Federal
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
Mandates:
Cost-of-service/cost-based rates
Safety
Reliability
Environmental protection
M&A approval
Recent events:
FERC Order 1000 → To increase competition in electric transmission industry
EPA’s Clean Power Plan → Reduction of carbon pollution from the power section
Cyber & Grid Security → Issues, impacts, and costs associated with the risks of cyber-physical attacks on
power infrastructure
Coal to gas switching
Renewables → ~17% of operating generating capacity, 65% of new capacity
Smart grid/Smart meter technology/Grid neutrality/Microgrids
Economics of storage → Tesla and SolarCity story, et. al
Rate recovery mechanisms:
Riders
Trackers
Factors
Clauses
Forward test years
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Test questions on economic obsolescence:
What, where & how
Negative impact
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Govt. Regulation: Pipeline Industry
Regulatory agencies:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) - Federal
Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) – State, Texas only
U.S. Dept. of Transport, PHMSA – Federal
U.S. Dept. of Transport, STB – Federal, Ammonia
EPA – Federal: Clean Water Act, Oil Pollution Act, Clean Air Act, et. al
Mandates:
Cost-of-service/cost-based rates
Safety
M&A approval
Environmental protection
Recent events:
Shale play pipeline build out
Pipeline ruptures
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Test questions on economic obsolescence:
What, where & how
Negative impact
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Govt. Regulation: Railroad Industry
Regulatory agencies:
Surface Transportation Board (STB) - Federal
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) – Federal
U.S. Dept. of Transport, PHMSA – Federal
Mandates:
Authorized rates/Revenue adequacy
M&A approval
Rail abandonment
Safety
Recent events:
Positive train control → Dec. 31, 2015 deadline
Crude-by-rail (CBR) → ~5-6% of revenue
→ New rules: Robust tank cars; lower speed limits; electronically
controlled brakes
Coal volumes → ~15-20% of revenue
Alabama DoR v. CSX → 4R-Act:Comparison with competitors to determine if tax is
discriminatory
Rate protection for certain “captive shippers”
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Test questions on economic obsolescence:
What, where & how
Negative impact
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Govt. Regulation: Telecommunications Industry
Regulatory agencies:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - Federal
Public Utility Commission (PUC) – State
Mandates:
Authorized rates
Universal service fund
M&A approval
Recent events:
AT&T’s ‘Project Velocity IP’ → FCC application to shut-down or divest its copper network
Title II of Communications Act → Reclassification of broadband as a utility
→ Net Neutrality
FCC’s ‘Connect America Funding Phase II’ → 2015 support for broadband deployment
Wireless spectrum auctions & wars
Convergence in the Telecom Industry
Test questions on economic obsolescence:
What, where & how
Negative impact
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Investment Returns: Electrics
Where are utilities relative to the S&P 500?
‘Just and reasonable’ principle
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Investors with a low risk appetite in search of income favor the utility sector, as utility stocks
have low beta and offer attractive yields
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Investment Returns: MLPs
10-year performance value of $1,000 invested
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Source: AMZ/Alerian MLP Index fact sheet as of June 30, 2015
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Take Aways (1)
At trial, ‘Go Big or Go Home’
…..The district court noted that it “was especially impressed by
Mr. Tegarden and found his testimony and opinions to be
more credible, more reliable, more persuasive, and entitled to
greater weight than the testimony and opinions of the
witnesses for the Tax Commission”
Source: PacifiCorp v. Idaho State Tax Commission, 291 P.3d 442 (Supreme
Court of Idaho 2012)
Bearer of the burden of proof: Taxpayer v. Assessor
Additional reductions of adjustments might be made if a
taxpayer could show that additional depreciable value existed
Source: PacifiCorp v. State of Montana, Dept. of Revenue, 253 P.3d 847
(Mont. 2011)
Submission of competent evidence
Establishment of factors comprising the claimed obsolescence
Identification of affected assets
Quantification of the amount of obsolescence for each asset
Tariff income is not a primary driver of economic value. Excess
capacity is a form of economic obsolescence
Source: BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc. v. State of Alaska, Department of Revenue, -
--P.3d---, 2014 WL 685986 (Alaska Feb. 19, 2014)
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Take Aways (2)
Economic obsolescence, by definition, does not occur to a strong and growing
company, but rather in one that is a victim of external forces which hamper its income
earning capacity
Source: PacifiCorp v. State of Montana, Dept. of Revenue, 253 P.3d 847 (Mont. 2011)
FERC definition of depreciation
Depreciation studies occur every 4 – 5 years
May not incorporate all forms of obsolescence
Decision to deduct for external obsolescence is a product of appraisal judgement
Source: PacifiCorp v. Idaho State Tax Commission, 291 P.3d 442 (Supreme Court of Idaho 2012)
The ‘Income shortfall method’, if not tied to the income approach result, is a valid
methodology provided it is correctly applied
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Bwembya Chikolwa
Staff Appraiser
Property Tax Assistance Division
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
(512) 475 5677
bwembya.chikolwa@cpa.texas.gov
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27. Additional Disclaimers
Apologies for putting too many details on slides
No political persuasion is being advanced
This discussion/presentation is irrelevant as everything
has been/will be decided by the courts of law. However:
It’s prudent to question our redundancy
To explore ways of changing our minnow status
Presentation is based on assumption after assumption:
Holmesian Mysteries
Acting as a polemicist in this presentation
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RAILROADS
PIPELINES
ELECTRICS/GAS
DISTRIBUTION
TELECOM/
TECHNOLOGY
POSITIVE
TRAIN
CONTROL
GIS
MAPPING/
SAFETY
REMOTE
SENSING &
IMAGING
SMART
TECH/
CYBER
SECURITY
CBR ~5-6% of
railroad revenue
~15-20% of railroad
revenue
~50-60% carbon dioxide
cut for each MWH
Cheaper fuel generation
cost
4.5 times saferEPA mercury
and air toxics
standards
COMPLEX PROPERTY APPRAISAL
EPA/state
methane
emission rules