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Table 8. Composite Balance Sheet for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Generator Electric Utilities at End of Period, 1996-2000
(Thousand Dollars)
Item 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Electric Utility Plant          
  Electric Utility Plant & Adjust 104,581,237 99,432,814 95,869,664 94,605,889 91,494,673
  Const Work in Progress 4,321,684 3,300,399 2,907,791 2,828,179 3,120,268
  (less) Depr, Amort, and Depletion 41,896,240 40,271,761 36,661,516 34,267,002 31,280,070
    Net Electric Utility Plant 67,006,681 62,461,451 62,115,939 63,167,067 63,334,872
    Nuclear Fuel 2,733,610 3,071,157 2,947,740 2,855,430 2,734,959
    (less) Amort of Nucl Fuel 2,155,095 2,376,259 2,238,401 2,110,546 1,934,162
    Net Elec Plant Incl Nucl Fuel 67,585,195 63,156,349 62,825,278 63,911,950 64,135,668
Other Property & Investments          
  Nonutility Property 12,389,386 9,607,997 7,948,274 7,870,356 7,058,274
  (less) Accum Provisions for Depr &          
 Amort 3,344,101 2,491,330 2,231,650 2,212,112 2,034,032
  Invest in Assoc Enterprises 499,190 585,118 393,550 295,252 180,100
  Invest & Special Funds 13,560,259 13,862,896 13,970,659 14,298,838 14,571,044
    Total Other Property & Investments 23,043,192 21,503,147 20,016,011 20,187,505 19,695,153
Current and Accrued Assets          
  Cash, Working Funds & Investments 11,930,603 10,662,110 10,833,378 10,200,806 9,792,299
  Notes & Other Receivables 3,818,940 983,929 986,726 1,013,326 894,280
  Customer Accts Receivable 3,406,092 2,541,686 2,365,201 2,289,800 2,167,102
  (less) Accum Prov for Uncollected          
 Accts 155,431 88,259 82,818 82,340 77,849
  Fuel Stock & Exp Undistr 476,520 487,057 441,855 435,831 612,279
  Materials & Supplies 1,064,923 1,080,958 1,083,494 1,104,285 1,069,279
  Other Supplies & Misc 31,057 67,246 59,629 34,329 34,957
  Prepayments 654,484 641,245 395,392 401,259 333,990
  Accrued Utility Revenues 1,088,491 385,481 387,081 383,400 358,555
  Miscellaneous Current & Accrued Assets 723,119 1,204,800 768,776 1,357,458 1,324,987
    Total Current & Accrued Assets 23,035,913 17,963,595 17,236,549 17,137,232 16,508,477
Deferred Debits          
  Unamortized Debt Expenses 1,183,276 1,180,262 1,562,344 1,678,332 1,706,650
  Extraordinary Losses, Study Cost 1,332,653 1,349,494 1,022,502 1,128,871 1,163,883
  Misc Debt, R & D Exp, Unamrt Losses 11,399,904 11,161,664 10,796,669 10,811,032 10,648,336
    Total Deferred Debits 13,915,649 13,691,267 13,381,374 13,618,116 13,518,743
    Total Assets & Other Debits 127,538,966 116,267,499 113,412,732 114,809,108 113,825,528
Proprietary Capital          
  Investment of Municipality 1,706,222 1,717,513 1,585,254 1,582,115 1,634,564
  Misc Capital 875,749 744,803 687,635 640,153 675,839
  Retained Earnings 32,568,898 30,212,087 28,513,403 27,638,148 25,896,811
    Total Proprietary Capital 34,503,307 32,084,206 30,208,336 29,306,961 27,681,580
Long-term Debt          
  Bonds 69,114,261 69,235,975 69,506,065 72,072,107 73,036,934
  Advances from Municipality & Other 9,672,535 3,695,449 3,867,603 4,298,237 4,483,859
  Unamort Prem on Long-term Debt 440,081 318,281 634,712 575,792 411,778
  (less) Unamort Discount on Long-term          
 Debt 3,454,606 3,654,056 3,833,971 3,889,555 3,965,045
    Total Long-term Debt 75,735,131 69,554,404 70,132,406 73,019,263 73,934,267
Other Noncurrent Liabilities          
  Accum Operating Provisions 660,458 432,163 593,224 439,145 630,974
  Accum Prov for Rate Refunds 21,095 186,289 13,706 153,862 135,119
    Total Other Noncurrent Liabilities 681,553 618,451 606,930 593,007 766,093
Current and Accrued Liabilities          
  Notes Payable 2,069,043 1,954,574 1,983,164 1,772,590 1,747,933
  Accounts Payable 4,013,339 3,082,613 2,836,727 2,625,892 2,354,976
  Payables to Assoc Enterprises 224,466 164,413 181,117 257,118 341,615
  Customer Deposits 239,969 208,122 234,185 360,204 377,676
  Taxes Accrued 226,740 207,546 207,387 216,478 220,961
  Interest Accrued 1,553,956 1,559,953 1,573,761 1,631,369 1,608,198
  Misc Current & Accrued Liabilities 2,296,062 1,835,858 1,695,895 1,685,437 1,512,460
    Total Current & Accrued Liabilities 10,623,168 9,012,772 8,711,757 8,549,064 8,163,806
Deferred Credits          
  Customer Advances for Construction 339,149 311,761 142,853 212,481 168,733
  Other Deferred Credits 5,391,811 4,393,530 3,654,755 3,363,877 3,347,415
  Unamort Gain on Reacqr Debt 561,095 528,830 196,642 202,293 197,837
    Total Deferred Credits 6,292,055 5,234,122 3,994,249 3,745,565 3,671,160
    Total Liabilities and Other Credits 127,538,966 116,267,499 113,412,732 114,809,108 113,825,528

     Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  Detailed data are provided in Table 26.  The number of publicly owned generating electric utilities for end of period is 226 for 1999, 227 for 1998, 245 for 1997, 231 for 1996, and 226 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.