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 Date of Data: 2000
 Report Released: November 2002
 Next Release Date: January 2003

Table 16. Composite Financial Indicators for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Generator Electric Utilities, 1996 Through 2000

Description 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
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          
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          
Electric Utility Plant 34.2 36.3 38.2 40.3 39.5
Electric Operation and Maintenance Expenses as a          
Percent of Electric Operating Revenues 63.6 65.1 64.0 63.8 67.2
Electric Depreciation and Amortization as a Percent of          
Electric Operating Revenues 11.9 12.1 12.4 12.1 10.8
Taxes and Tax Equivalents as a Percent of Electric          
Operating Revenues 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.9
Interest Expenses as a Percent of Electric Operating          
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


       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."


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