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Table 17. Ten Largest U.S. Publicly Owned Nongenerator Electric Utilities Ranked by Revenue, 2000
Publicly Owned Electric Utilities State Revenue Percent
Memphis City of                  Tennessee 827,615,104 8.37
Nashville Electric Service       Tennessee 682,355,835 6.90
Chattanooga City of              Tennessee 343,915,829 3.48
Knoxville Utilities Board        Tennessee 309,210,541 3.13
Huntsville City of               Alabama 237,793,438 2.40
Fayetteville Public Works Comm   North Carolina 135,215,188 1.37
Alabama Municipal Elec Auth      Alabama 121,270,125 1.23
Greenville Utilities Comm        North Carolina 114,647,018 1.16
Johnson City City of             Tennessee 111,275,891 1.12
Wilson City of                   North Carolina 91,038,001 .92
  Subtotal                         2,974,336,970 30.07

Note: Percentage calculations are based on total nongenerator electric utilities.
       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.