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Table C4. Twenty Largest U.S. Publicly Owned Electric Utilities Ranked by Purchase Power Expenses for All Respondents, 2000
(Thousand Dollars)
Publicly Owned Electric Utilities State Amount Reporting Date
Long Island Power Authority      New York 761,024 December 31
Los Angeles City of              California 707,333 June 30
Memphis City of                  Tennessee 655,141 June 30
Power Authority of State of NY   New York 592,634 December 31
Nashville Electric Service       Tennessee 547,429 June 30
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist   California 364,567 December 31
Salt River Proj Ag I & P Dist    Arizona 355,474 April 30
Chattanooga City of              Tennessee 276,554 June 30
Knoxville Utilities Board        Tennessee 248,759 June 30
PUD No 1 of Snohomish County     Washington 231,313 December 31
Huntsville City of               Alabama 209,186 June 30
Nebraska Public Power District   Nebraska 185,271 December 31
Seattle City of                  Washington 183,575 December 31
Tacoma City of                   Washington 166,759 December 31
Anaheim City of                  California 147,009 June 30
American Mun Power-Ohio Inc. Ohio 146,185 December 31
Modesto Irrigation District      California 144,508 December 31
Florida Municipal Power Agency   Florida 139,652 September 30
PUD No 1 of Chelan County        Washington 127,400 December 31
Eugene City of                   Oregon 124,626 December 31


       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.