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Table 11. Electric Utility Plant for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Generator Electric Utilities at End of Period, 1996-2000
(Thousand Dollars)
Item 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Electric Plant in Service          
  Intangible Plant 4,916,117 783,617 668,440 599,489 602,079
  Production Plant          
   Steam 26,383,732 26,160,267 25,815,049 25,785,648 25,601,587
   Nuclear 17,703,713 18,385,942 19,257,975 19,143,015 18,903,044
   Hydraulic 8,772,810 8,643,811 8,403,084 8,347,018 8,250,069
   Other 3,152,199 2,957,005 2,750,627 2,838,291 2,894,116
      Total Production Plant 55,971,096 56,147,025 56,226,735 56,113,972 55,648,817
  Transmission Plant 11,457,817 11,554,831 10,628,465 10,615,949 10,305,637
  Distribution Plant 22,514,957 21,389,166 19,262,359 18,382,166 17,035,299
  General Plant 7,700,708 7,204,462 6,686,134 6,478,642 5,929,518
      Total Electric Plant in Service 102,560,696 97,079,101 93,472,134 92,190,219 89,521,350
  Electric Plant Leased to Others 44,189 26,177 26,255 40,125 25,508
  Construction Work in Progress - Electric 4,321,684 3,300,399 2,907,791 2,828,179 3,120,268
  Electric Plant Held for Future Use 246,903 231,241 268,451 287,243 145,467
  Electric Plant Misc 1,804,188 2,138,917 2,150,692 2,130,923 1,844,970
      Total Electric Utility Plant 108,902,921 102,733,212 98,777,454 97,434,068 94,614,942
  Accumulated Provision for Depreciation and Amortization 41,896,240 40,271,761 36,661,516 34,267,002 31,280,070
      Net Electric Utility Plant 67,006,681 62,461,451 62,115,939 63,167,067 63,334,872

Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  Detailed data are provided in Table 28.  The number of publicly owned generating electric utilities for end of period is 226 for 1999, 227 for 1998, 245 for 1997, 231 for 1996, and 226 for 1995.
       Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-412, "Annual Report of Public Electric Utilities." Individual electric utilities report fiscal year data.  Appendix B shows the fiscal year for each electric utility.