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Table 22. Electric Utility Plant for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Nongenerator Electric Utilities at End of Period, 1996-2000
(Thousand Dollars)
Item 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Electric Plant in Service          
  Intangible Plant 29,566 9,666 9,855 21,874 20,895
  Production Plant          
   Steam 247,466 242,954 227,180 57,463 103,544
   Nuclear - - - - -
   Hydraulic 22,696 17,640 17,518 1,462 15,867
   Other 203,471 105,452 93,264 24,040 45,049
      Total Production Plant 473,634 366,046 337,962 82,965 164,460
  Transmission Plant 1,014,895 1,090,562 902,018 778,593 793,317
  Distribution Plant 9,007,693 8,291,111 7,757,825 9,611,272 7,220,747
  General Plant 1,728,434 1,557,076 1,416,962 1,419,128 1,305,013
      Total Electric Plant in Service 12,254,222 11,314,461 10,424,623 11,913,831 9,504,432
  Electric Plant Leased to Others 14,863 13,874 13,874 4 14,177
  Construction Work in Progress - Electric 577,633 505,130 464,365 875,171 387,840
  Electric Plant Held for Future Use 4,863 1,157 10,680 1,591 12,102
  Electric Plant Misc 130,908 118,566 100,689 98,612 90,232
      Total Electric Utility Plant 12,982,018 11,952,629 11,013,692 12,888,346 10,008,202
  Accumulated Provision for Depreciation and Amortization 4,887,886 4,514,453 4,113,913 4,412,293 3,724,543
      Net Electric Utility Plant 8,094,132 7,438,176 6,899,778 8,476,053 6,283,658

Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  Detailed data are provided in Table 24.  The number of publicly owned nongenerating electric utilities for end of period is 267 for 1999, 260 for 1998, 299 for 1997, 284 for 1996, and 286 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.