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Table 23. Number of Consumers, Sales, and Operating Revenue for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Nongenerator Electric Utilities, 1996-2000

Item 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Number of Consumers          
  Residential 4,254,841 4,138,085 3,983,848 3,999,330 4,033,654
  Commercial or Small 647,686 622,963 605,097 606,702 559,601
  Industrial or Large 18,540 16,517 14,203 18,925 54,354
  Other 57,575 70,446 82,531 93,741 71,370
    Total Ultimate Consumers 4,978,642 4,848,011 4,685,679 4,718,698 4,718,979
Sales for the Year (megawatthours)          
  Residential 56,315,868 54,011,974 53,309,914 50,740,918 55,134,265
  Commercial or Small 49,447,152 47,306,046 44,851,792 44,185,475 25,048,037
  Industrial or Large 50,398,780 47,654,189 46,562,405 44,612,430 62,401,787
  Other 3,292,278 3,233,547 3,085,737 3,010,311 2,742,886
    Total Sales to Ultimate Consumers 159,454,078 152,205,756 147,809,848 142,549,134 145,326,975
    Sales for Resale 12,394,494 10,959,383 10,824,548 9,484,447 9,079,982
    Total Sales 171,848,572 163,165,139 158,634,396 152,033,581 154,406,957
Operating Revenues for the Year (thousand dollars)          
  Residential 3,693,514 3,536,307 3,463,024 3,207,300 3,404,361
  Commercial or Small 3,133,255 2,993,816 2,823,969 2,701,248 1,592,960
  Industrial or Large 2,282,086 2,168,033 2,111,057 1,975,502 3,005,299
  Other 254,114 242,075 226,356 215,654 203,477
    Total Revenues from Sales to Ultimate Consumers 9,362,969 8,940,231 8,624,406 8,099,704 8,206,097
    Sales for Resale 438,092 342,889 315,625 275,985 272,677
    Total Revenues From Sales of Electricity 9,801,061 9,283,120 8,940,031 8,375,689 8,478,774

Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  Detailed data are provided in Table 25.  The number of publicly owned nongenerating electric utilities for end of period is 281 for 2000, 267 for 1999, 260 for 1998, 299 for 1997, and 284 for 1996.
       Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, "Annual Electric Utility Report." Data are based on calendar year submissions.