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Table C12. Number of Consumers, Sales, and Operating Revenue for Major U.S. Publicly Owned Electric Utilities for All Respondents, 1996-2000
Item 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Number of Consumers          
  Residential 13,710,503 12,453,775 12,222,974 12,303,053 11,951,748
  Commercial or Small 1,862,447 1,704,084 1,666,946 1,700,844 1,593,547
  Industrial or Large 71,642 73,754 70,315 100,372 109,705
  Other 199,423 195,942 215,641 250,270 184,972
    Total Ultimate Consumers 15,844,015 14,427,555 14,175,876 14,354,539 13,839,972
Sales for the Year (megawatthours)          
  Residential 155,331,484 141,335,702 140,720,025 136,874,289 137,683,767
  Commercial or Small 143,078,596 128,224,432 124,635,611 119,212,609 100,691,245
  Industrial or Large 135,316,939 130,726,711 129,847,673 130,370,684 140,032,236
  Other 25,950,977 24,426,424 23,677,944 27,048,190 21,862,727
    Total Sales to Ultimate Consumers 459,677,996 424,713,269 418,881,253 413,505,772 400,269,975
    Sales for Resale 300,654,052 295,947,180 284,292,454 261,201,790 241,792,503
    Total Sales 760,332,048 720,660,449 703,173,707 674,707,562 642,062,478
Operating Revenues for the Year (thousand dollars)          
  Residential 11,387,706 9,677,026 9,622,115 9,258,294 9,177,190
  Commercial or Small 9,866,194 8,357,643 8,093,514 7,607,484 6,627,621
  Industrial or Large 6,231,462 5,874,527 5,782,003 5,870,596 6,509,547
  Other 1,800,516 1,661,058 1,599,200 1,948,096 1,523,476
    Total Revenues from Sales to Ultimate Consumers 29,285,878 25,570,254 25,096,832 24,684,470 23,837,834
    Sales for Resale 13,395,631 10,376,139 9,830,557 9,069,104 8,436,078
    Total Revenues From Sales of Electricity 42,681,509 35,946,393 34,927,389 33,753,574 32,273,912

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-861, "Annual Electric Utility Report." Data are based on calender year submissions.