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Table 1. Selected Electric Utility Data by Ownership, 2000

Item Type of Regulated Electric Utility
Investor-Owned Publicly Owned Cooperative Federal Total1
Number of Electric Utilities 240 2,009 894 9 3,152
Electric Utilities (percent) 7.6 63.7 28.4 .3 100.0
Revenues from Sales to Ultimate Consumers (thousand dollars) 169,444,470 33,054,956 20,506,101 1,242,031 224,247,558
Revenues from Sales to Ultimate Consumers (percent) 75.6 14.7 9.1 .6 100.0
Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Consumers (thousand megawatthours) 2,437,982 516,681 305,856 49,094 3,309,613
Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Consumers (percent) 73.7 15.6 9.2 1.5 100.0
Average Revenue per kWh for Ultimate Consumers (cents) 6.9 6.4 6.7 2.5 6.8
Revenues from Sales for Resale (thousand dollars) 35,359,346 13,430,253 12,027,771 8,900,091 69,717,461
Revenues from Sales for Resale (percent) 50.7 19.3 17.3 12.8 100.0
Sales of Electricity Available for Resale (thousand megawatthours) 854,228 301,412 311,935 248,664 1,716,239
Sales of Electricity Available for Resale (percent) 49.8 17.6 18.2 14.5 100.0
Average Revenue per kWh for Sales for Resale (cents) 4.1 4.5 3.9 3.6 4.1


1/ Includes only those electric utilities in the United States and the District of Columbia. Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
       Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, "Annual Electric Utility Report." Data are based on calendar year submissions.