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Data for: 1999   
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Selected California Electric Energy Statistics for 1999


Item
California
United States
(includes 50 States and the District of Columbia)
Share of Total or
U.S. Ranking
Regulated & Deregulated--All Sectors
Retail sales
(megawatthours)
234,830,879
3,312,087,081
7 percent
Number of customers
13,040,890
125,945,003
10 percent
Regulated & Deregulated--Residential Sector
Retail sales
(megawatthours)
75,303,200
1,144,932,069
7 percent
Number of residential customers
11,438,113
110,383,238
10 percent
Regulated--Residential Sector
Retail sales
(megawatthours)
74,490,158
1,140,761,016
7 percent
Retail price
(cents per kilowatthour)
(includes energy & delivery)
10.71
8.16
9th highest
Number of customers
11,326,501
109,817,057
10 percent
Deregulated--Residential Sector
Retail sales
(megawatthours)
813,042
4,162,053
20 percent
Average energy price
(includes energy only)
(cents per kilowatthour)
4.10
4.09
3rd highest
Number of customers
111,612
566,181
20 percent
Other Statistics
Monthly average residential consumption of electricity
(kilowatthours)
548
866
37 percent below national average
Average monthly residential bill
$58.70
$70.68
17 percent below national average
Total existing generator capability, net summer
(megawatts)
53,157
793,957
7 percent
Planned capacity additions (nameplate), 2000 through 2004 (megawatts)
4,489
(31 units--all by nonutilities)
188,255
(utility & nonutility)
2 percent
   Source: Energy Information Administration