Table E13.3.  Electricity: Sales to Utility and Nonutility Purchasers, 1998;
                        Level: National and Regional Data;
                        Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;
                        Column: Utility and Nonutility Purchasers;
                        Unit: Million Kilowatthours.
Total of RSE
Economic Sales and Utility Nonutility Row
Characteristic(a) Transfers Offsite Purchaser(b) Purchaser(c) Factors
Total United States
RSE Column Factors: 0.9 1.0 1.1
Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)
  Under 20 115 91 24 5.4
  20-49 1,416 926 Q 35.8
  50-99 1,511 1,301 210 10.6
  100-249 4,251 2,572 1,679 5.0
  250-499 7,253 6,405 848 1.4
  500 and Over 8,449 4,644 3,804 1.3
Total 22,995 15,939 7,056 3.9
Employment Size
  Under 50 660 630 30 33.9
  50-99 323 311 Q 21.6
  100-249 3,460 2,556 903 21.3
  250-499 4,052 1,723 2,329 1.3
  500-999 4,906 3,335 1,571 1.0
  1000 and Over 9,594 7,384 2,210 1.4
Total 22,995 15,939 7,056 3.9
Northeast Census Region
RSE Column Factors: 1.0 0.6 1.9
Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)
  Under 20 64 64 0 6.8
  20-49 Q Q Q 0.0
  50-99 158 W W 39.1
  100-249 251 133 118 1.3
  250-499 878 W W 1.0
  500 and Over 566 407 159 6.6
Total 2,339 1,550 789 13.8
Employment Size
  Under 50 64 64 0 6.8
  50-99 0 0 0 0.0
  100-249 Q 120 Q 72.2
  250-499 276 144 131 1.0
  500-999 516 438 78 1.0
  1000 and Over 918 784 134 6.1
Total 2,339 1,550 789 13.8
Midwest Census Region
RSE Column Factors: 1.0 1.2 0.8
Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)
  Under 20 4 3 1 25.4
  20-49 25 Q 21 42.7
  50-99 104 W W 8.5
  100-249 759 22 738 1.0
  250-499 432 W W 3.8
  500 and Over 1,004 225 780 1.0
Total 2,329 584 1,745 2.5
Employment Size
  Under 50 3 2 1 1.0
  50-99 Q 0 Q 0.0
  100-249 41 8 34 16.6
  250-499 771 89 682 4.3
  500-999 411 W W 3.5
  1000 and Over 1,092 W W 1.6
Total 2,329 584 1,745 2.5
South Census Region
RSE Column Factors: 1.0 0.8 1.3
Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)
  Under 20 44 21 23 3.9
  20-49 Q Q Q 0.0
  50-99 370 353 17 23.3
  100-249 1,372 635 737 1.0
  250-499 4,425 4,020 405 1.0
  500 and Over 6,293 3,854 2,438 1.0
Total 12,678 9,005 3,674 1.6
Employment Size
  Under 50 50 21 29 6.6
  50-99 310 309 1 25.6
  100-249 621 309 313 18.0
  250-499 2,548 1,040 1,508 1.3
  500-999 2,370 1,449 921 1.0
  1000 and Over 6,780 5,877 903 1.0
Total 12,678 9,005 3,674 1.6
West Census Region
RSE Column Factors: 1.3 1.4 0.5
Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)
  Under 20 3 3 0 2.2
  20-49 795 795 0 28.8
  50-99 879 W W 6.2
  100-249 1,869 1,783 85 12.6
  250-499 1,518 W W 1.0
  500 and Over 585 158 427 1.0
Total 5,649 4,801 848 4.6
Employment Size
  Under 50 Q Q 0 0.0
  50-99 2 2 0 0.7
  100-249 2,231 2,120 112 11.1
  250-499 458 449 9 7.4
  500-999 1,610 W W 1.0
  1000 and Over 804 W W 1.0
Total 5,649 4,801 848 4.6
    (a) Value of Shipments and Receipts and Employment Size categories were supplied by the
Bureau of the Census.
    (b) A 'Utility' is a company in the local area that produces and/or delivers electricity
and is legally obligated to provide service to the general public within its franchise area.
    (c) 'Nonutility' includes consumers, such as other manufacturers, households,
and commercial entities; generators of electricity, such as independent power producers,
small power producers, and cogenerators not located at the establishment site;
and suppliers, such as brokers, marketers, and marketing subsidiaries of utilities.
    NF=No applicable RSE row/column factor.
    * Estimate less than 0.5.
    W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.
    Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.
    NA=Not available.
    Notes:  To obtain the RSE percentage for any table cell, multiply the cell's
corresponding RSE column and RSE row factors.   Totals may not equal sum of
components because of independent rounding.
    Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets
and End Use, Energy Consumption Division, Form EIA-846, '1998 Manufacturing
Energy Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau of the Census,
data files for the '1998 Annual Survey of Manufactures.'