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Figure 20. Share of Sales to Ultimate Consumers
by Sector, 1992 and 1998
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Sector
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Other
1992 1998
0 10 20 30 40 50
Percent
60 70 80 90 100
Notes: Other includes sales for public street and highway
lighting, other sales to public authorities, sales to railroads and
railways, and interdepartmental sales. Totals may not equal
sum of components because of independent rounding.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861,
“Annual Electric Utility Report.”
74.9 percent of sales to ultimate consumers. Publicly
owned utility sales increased 25.6 percent over 1992
levels and represented 15.0 percent of total sales.
Cooperative utility sales increased 26.7 percent over
1992 levels and represented 8.6 percent of sales. Federal
utility sales experienced a decrease of 14.5 percent from
1992 levels and represented 1.5 percent of the total retail
sales in 1998 (Figures 21 and 22).
Figure 21. Sales to Ultimate Consumers by Class
of Ownership, 1992 and 1998
Class
Investor-Owned
Publicly Owned
Cooperative
Federal
55
47
221
280
387
486
1992 1998
2,100
2,428
0 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 2,400 2,800
Total Sales (Billion Kilowattshours)
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of
independent rounding.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861,
“Annual Electric Utility Report.”
32 Various additional industry summary statistics are provided in Appendix D.
Figure 22. Share of Sales to Ultimate Consumers
by Class of Ownership,
1992 and 1998
Investor-Owned
Publicly Owned
Cooperative
Federal
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Class
1992 1998
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Percent
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of
independent rounding.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861,
“Annual Electric Utility Report.”
Conclusion
This chapter has outlined the infrastructure of the electric
power industry by defining its components and their
respective roles. In addition, it has provided statistics 32
to clarify the roles and has compared current data to
historical data to show how the roles are changing due
to the opening of competition in the industry. In
addition, information was given regarding wholesale
and retail sales in an effort to more thoroughly cover the
roles of the components of the current electric power
industry. Some roles will continue to change throughout
the transition from a vertically integrated and regulated
monopoly to a functionally unbundled industry with a
competitive market for power generation. Market forces
will replace State and Federal regulators in setting the
price and terms of electricity supply and are expected to
lead to lower rates for customers. The individual States
are moving toward opening their retail markets to
competition. Chapter 8 details the role of the States in
promoting competition. The following chapter outlines
the Federal legislation that has affected the structure and
operating procedures of the electric power industry
since the 1930s.