Table 16. Composite Financial Indicators for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Generator Electric Utilities, 1996 Through 2000
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| Electric Utility Plant per Dollar of Revenue |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
3.5 |
| Current Assets to Current Liabilities |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
| Electric Utility Plant as a Percent of Total Assets |
85.6 |
87.4 |
89.7 |
91.0 |
87.5 |
| Net Electric Utility Plant as a Percent of Total |
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| Assets |
56.3 |
55.7 |
55.4 |
54.3 |
53.0 |
| Debt as a Percent of Total Liabilities |
72.1 |
71.0 |
69.5 |
67.6 |
67.7 |
| Accumulated Provision for Depreciation as a Percent of |
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| Electric Utility Plant |
34.2 |
36.3 |
38.2 |
40.3 |
39.5 |
| Electric Operation and Maintenance Expenses as a |
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| Percent of Electric Operating Revenues |
63.6 |
65.1 |
64.0 |
63.8 |
67.2 |
| Electric Depreciation and Amortization as a Percent of |
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| Electric Operating Revenues |
11.9 |
12.1 |
12.4 |
12.1 |
10.8 |
| Taxes and Tax Equivalents as a Percent of Electric |
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| Operating Revenues |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
| Interest Expenses as a Percent of Electric Operating |
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| Revenues |
17.2 |
16.2 |
15.2 |
14.2 |
12.8 |
| Net Income as a Percent of Electric Operating Revenues |
7.1 |
6.4 |
7.4 |
6.6 |
7.1 |
| Purchase Power Cents Per Kilowatthour |
3.8 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.7 |
| Generated Cents Per Kilowatthour |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
| Total Power Supply Per Kilowatthour Sold |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
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Notes: · Data are final. · Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. · The 1996-1997 data represent those utilities meeting a threshold of 120 million kilowatthours of consumer sales or resales. · The number of publicly owned generating electric utilities that reported were 225 for 2000, 226 for 1999, 228 for 1998, 245 for 1997, and 231 for 1996.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-412, "Annual Report of Public Electric Utilities." |