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<P>[quote user="CSSHEGEWISCH"]While adding capacity could increase income, it would also increase expenses since the additional track would have to be maintained, additional property taxes would have to be paid (it's difficult to hide a new track from the county assessor), etc, etc, etc. If the track owner is satisfied with his current rate of return on existing investment, why should he invest more money which may not improve the rate of return? Additional income doesn't always add to the bottom line.[/quote]</P> <P>You need to go back and research just how utilities function. Since premium pricing with few customers is out due to regulation, they must constantly expand their customer base to increase income. Yes, there are investments in additional infrastructure pretty much for each new customer, but somehow they manage to include the cost of that new infrastructure into the overall rate structure.</P>
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