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Table C13. Electric Energy Account for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Electric Utilities for All Respondents, 1996-2000
(Megawatthours)
Item 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Sources of Energy          
  Steam 224,160,771 214,337,520 201,697,005 192,866,084 177,732,050
  Nuclear 74,190,760 74,233,581 71,602,200 68,190,259 68,844,632
  Hydro-Conventional 74,658,139 81,736,648 80,468,825 88,222,408 84,439,609
  Hydro-Pumped Storage 5,151,127 5,156,201 5,616,192 5,116,048 5,232,725
  Other 7,834,850 7,785,887 9,163,189 5,900,995 3,668,948
  (Less) Energy for Pumping 4,668,216 5,287,709 5,181,321 5,021,286 4,399,426
      Total Net Generation 381,327,431 377,962,128 363,366,090 355,274,508 335,518,538
  Purchases from Utility 394,928,582 364,089,430 351,981,943 348,798,120 334,360,977
  Purchases from Nonutility 20,385,475 6,822,616 2,482,241 2,466,437 4,154,030
  Power Exchanges          
   Received 27,508,917 24,918,893 24,143,791 23,343,362 21,928,337
    Delivered 19,866,762 21,220,582 19,550,622 20,465,592 21,300,804
     Net Exchanges 7,642,155 3,698,313 4,593,170 2,877,760 627,527
  Transmission for Others (Wheeling)          
   Received 34,426,485 35,578,799 33,522,877 34,169,371 34,103,087
    Delivered 34,151,757 35,154,885 33,156,439 33,817,124 26,748,449
     Net Transmission for Others 274,728 423,914 366,438 352,247 7,354,637
  Transmission by Others Losses -383,953 -600,077 -1,033,450 -919,284 -393,074
      Total Net Energy Generated and          
       Received 804,174,418 752,396,325 721,756,435 708,849,800 681,622,635
Disposition of Energy          
  Sales to Ultimate Consumers 459,148,227 422,528,599 412,286,675 407,266,282 399,776,902
  Requirements Sales for Resale 208,733,237 212,857,781 196,942,868 186,628,035 184,506,957
  Nonrequirements Sales for Resale 95,905,270 83,908,342 80,806,539 83,168,223 66,418,811
  Furnished Without Charge 2,654,535 1,993,148 2,318,259 2,208,398 1,883,276
  Used by Utility (excluding station          
   use) 10,201,496 6,167,989 3,861,200 6,253,288 6,082,142
  Losses 27,531,652 24,940,473 25,540,884 23,325,496 22,954,547
      Total Disposition 804,174,418 752,396,325 721,756,435 708,849,800 681,622,635

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.