| Comparison Chart |
Investor Owned
|
Publicly Owned
|
Cooperatives
|
Industry
|
|
Number of Organizations
|
239
|
2009
|
930
|
3,178
|
|
Size (median number of customers)
|
386,000
|
1,800
|
10,200
|
|
|
Customers, % of total |
74%
|
15%
|
11%
|
|
|
Revenues, % of total |
77%
|
14%
|
9%
|
|
|
kWh sales, % of total
|
75%
|
15%
|
9%
|
|
|
Sales (billions kilowatt hours)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
|
793
|
171
|
163
|
1,127
|
|
Commercial
|
767
|
150
|
51
|
968
|
|
Industrial
|
796
|
145
|
60
|
1,001
|
|
Other
|
65
|
26
|
6
|
97
|
|
Total
|
2,421
|
492
|
280
|
3,193
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Density (consumers/mile of line)
|
33
|
43
|
6
|
32
|
|
Revenue/mile of line (dollars)
|
60,921
|
70,670
|
7,873
|
57,345
|
|
Distribution plant investment per consumer
(dollars)
|
1,890
|
1,870
|
2,352
|
1,929
|
|
Assets ($ billions)
|
606
|
126
|
70
|
802
|
|
Equity ($ billions)
|
188
|
38
|
20
|
246
|
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*900 Distribution,
60 Generation &Transmission cooperatives |
|
kWh = kilowatt hour |
|
source:1998 Dept.of
Energy/Energy Information Agency/NRECA Strategic Analysis.
March 1999 |
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