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Table 19. Composite Balance Sheet for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Nongenerator Electric Utilities at End of Period, 1996-2000
(Thousand Dollars)
Item 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Electric Utility Plant          
  Electric Utility Plant & Adjust 2,404,385 1,447,499 0,499,187 1,962,496 9,540,464
  Const Work in Progress 577,603 505,130 464,110 868,810 384,633
  (less) Depr, Amort, and Depletion 4,887,886 4,514,453 4,092,272 4,383,101 3,665,181
    Net Electric Utility Plant 8,094,102 7,438,176 6,871,025 8,448,205 6,259,916
    Nuclear Fuel - - - - -
    (less) Amort of Nucl Fuel - 791 - 760 -
    Net Elec Plant Incl Nucl Fuel 8,094,102 7,437,385 6,871,025 8,447,445 6,259,916
Other Property & Investments          
  Nonutility Property 1,879,476 R 1,683,221 1,516,371 1,396,124 1,360,069
  (less) Accum Provisions for Depr &          
 Amort 488,455 R/431,140 394,407 345,647 368,049
  Invest in Assoc Enterprises 80,079 58,463 53,731 54,758 30,800
  Invest & Special Funds 1,141,163 1,017,974 947,852 962,141 862,443
    Total Other Property & Investments 2,612,262 2,328,518 2,123,546 2,067,375 1,885,263
Current and Accrued Assets          
  Cash, Working Funds & Investments 1,902,926 1,761,795 1,510,309 1,653,490 1,388,311
  $$$$$ & Other Receivables 519,361 478,673 475,079 435,989 445,046
  Customer Accts Receivable 579,341 474,998 421,896 409,898 427,834
  (less) Accum Prov for Uncollected          
 Accts 20,055 17,911 16,711 19,024 22,577
  Fuel Stock & Exp Undistr 2,003 2,491 3,762 1,550 1,254
  Materials & Supplies 238,840 215,686 199,867 205,847 187,920
  Other Supplies & Misc 8,506 10,711 9,653 - -
  Prepayments 81,562 83,830 98,604 102,192 121,167
  Accrued Utility Revenues 70,534 58,947 47,806 43,824 49,542
  Miscellaneous Current & Accrued Assets 110,744 111,490 107,726 82,886 94,343
    Total Current & Accrued Assets 3,493,763 3,180,710 2,857,991 2,925,365 2,701,644
Deferred Debits          
  Unamortized Debt Expenses 99,087 97,349 98,457 98,014 95,800
  Extraordinary Losses, Study Cost 9,409 6,983 7,251 5,354 11,850
  Misc Debt, R & D Exp, Unamrt Losses 315,681 209,561 252,302 361,970 300,315
    Total Deferred Debits 424,177 313,893 358,010 465,338 407,965
    Total Assets & Other Debits 4,624,304 3,260,506 2,210,573 3,905,523 1,254,787
Proprietary Capital          
  Investment of Municipality 386,601 363,261 411,521 403,151 372,714
  Misc Capital 822,685 823,590 730,011 678,205 586,551
  Retained Earnings 8,324,920 7,621,772 6,729,951 7,461,964 6,190,757
    Total Proprietary Capital 9,534,206 8,808,622 7,871,482 8,543,320 7,150,022
Long-term Debt          
  Bonds 2,912,301 2,535,923 2,508,039 3,491,620 2,206,664
  Advances from Municipality & Other 126,091 130,765 125,857 272,699 317,321
  Unamort Prem on Long-term Debt 82,726 62,547 53,872 55,885 80,352
  (less) Unamort Discount on Long-term          
 Debt 12,192 12,704 10,929 11,471 10,962
    Total Long-term Debt 3,108,926 2,716,531 2,676,839 3,808,733 2,593,375
Other Noncurrent Liabilities          
  Accum Operating Provisions 119,989 123,350 133,235 11,532 15,326
  Accum Prov for Rate Refunds 15,339 5,419 4,754 3,276 2,664
    Total Other Noncurrent Liabilities 135,327 128,768 137,989 14,808 17,991
Current and Accrued Liabilities          
  $$$$$ Payable 123,888 81,224 71,022 107,798 124,421
  Accounts Payable 1,026,086 887,557 844,152 754,616 710,145
  Payables to Assoc Enterprises 29,426 23,666 15,594 22,090 104,617
  Customer Deposits 187,683 176,382 166,032 158,748 133,600
  Taxes Accrued 25,385 22,428 22,633 22,470 20,366
  Interest Accrued 60,476 47,437 39,500 50,885 41,594
  Misc Current & Accrued Liabilities 206,530 168,596 158,323 142,519 129,071
    Total Current & Accrued Liabilities 1,659,474 1,407,290 1,317,256 1,259,125 1,263,814
Deferred Credits          
  Customer Advances for Construction 88,865 87,048 89,038 76,932 109,393
  Other Deferred Credits 95,077 109,769 115,436 198,386 116,819
  Unamort Gain on Reacqr Debt 2,428 2,477 2,533 4,219 3,374
    Total Deferred Credits 186,370 199,295 207,007 279,537 229,585
    Total Liabilities and Other Credits 4,624,304 3,260,506 2,210,573 3,905,523 1,254,787

Data not available. R = Revised data. Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  Detailed data are provided in Table 22.  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-412, "Annual Report of Public Electric Public Electric Utilities." Individual electric utilities report fiscal year data.  Appendix B shows the fiscal year for each electric utility.