Table 20. Composite Financial Indicators for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Nongenerator Electric Utilities, 1996 Through 2000
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| Electric Utility Plant per Dollar of Revenue |
1.2 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
| Current Assets to Current Liabilities |
2.1 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
| Electric Utility Plant as a Percent of Total Assets |
88.2 |
92.3 |
89.8 |
90.1 |
88.8 |
| Net Electric Utility Plant as a Percent of Total |
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| Assets |
55.6 |
60.7 |
56.3 |
56.1 |
55.3 |
| Debt as a Percent of Total Liabilities |
34.3 |
36.4 |
32.7 |
31.1 |
32.6 |
| Accumulated Provision for Depreciation as a Percent of |
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| Electric Utility Plant |
36.9 |
34.2 |
37.3 |
37.8 |
37.7 |
| Electric Operation and Maintenance Expenses as a |
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| Percent of Electric Operating Revenues |
88.6 |
86.8 |
87.6 |
87.1 |
87.9 |
| Electric Depreciation and Amortization as a Percent of |
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| Electric Operating Revenues |
3.6 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
| Taxes and Tax Equivalents as a Percent of Electric |
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| Operating Revenues |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
| Interest Expenses as a Percent of Electric Operating |
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| Revenues |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
| Net Income as a Percent of Electric Operating Revenues |
5.4 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
6.5 |
5.5 |
| Purchase Power Cents Per Kilowatthour |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
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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 nongenerating electric utilities that reported were 281 for 2000, 267 for 1999, 259 for 1998, 299 for 1997, and 284 for 1996.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-412, "Annual Report of Public Electric Utilities." |