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Table C11. Electric Utility Plant for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Electric Utilities for All Respondents at End of Period, 1996-2000
(Thousand Dollars)
Item 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Electric Plant in Service          
  Intangible Plant 832,176 793,282 678,296 621,363 622,974
  Production Plant          
   Steam 26,631,198 26,403,221 26,042,229 25,843,111 25,705,131
   Nuclear 17,703,713 18,385,942 19,257,975 19,143,015 18,903,044
   Hydraulic 8,795,507 8,661,451 8,420,602 8,348,480 8,265,937
   Other 3,314,312 3,062,457 2,843,891 2,862,331 2,939,165
      Total Production Plant 56,444,730 56,513,071 56,564,697 56,196,937 55,813,277
  Transmission Plant 12,479,102 12,645,393 11,530,483 11,394,542 11,098,954
  Distribution Plant 31,531,598 29,680,277 27,020,185 27,993,438 24,256,046
  General Plant 9,431,800 8,761,538 8,103,096 7,897,770 7,234,531
      Total Electric Plant in Service 110,719,406 108,393,561 103,896,757 104,104,050 99,025,782
  Electric Plant Leased to Others 59,052 40,051 40,129 40,129 39,685
  Construction Work in Progress - Electric 4,899,287 3,805,528 3,372,155 3,703,350 3,508,109
  Electric Plant Held for Future Use 219,690 232,397 279,131 288,834 157,569
  Electric Plant Misc 5,987,474 2,214,303 2,202,973 2,186,051 1,891,999
      Total Electric Utility Plant 121,884,909 114,685,841 109,791,146 110,322,414 104,623,143
  Accumulated Provision for Depreciation and Amortization 46,784,126 44,786,214 40,775,429 38,679,294 35,004,613
      Net Electric Utility Plant 75,100,783 69,899,628 69,015,717 71,643,120 69,618,530

Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  The number of publicly owned electric utilities for end of period is 506 for 2000, 493 for 1999, 487 for 1998, 544 for 1997, and, 515 for 1996.
       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.