UTILITY BENCHMARKS
AVERAGE RATE SUMMARY
HIGHEST AND LOWEST BY CUSTOMER CLASS
REGION - SOUTH
Annual Data Ending October 1998
Utility Average Rate Mwh Revenues
Commercial      
Lowest      
KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO (KY) 4.33 3,446,198 149,126
APPALACHIAN POWER CO (VA) 4.57 2,692,529 123,175
PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF OKLAHOMA (OK) 4.68 5,052,590 236,693
KENTUCKY POWER CO (KY) 4.99 1,198,908 59,846
KINGSPORT POWER CO (TN) 5.02 348,938 17,516
Highest      
NASHVILLE, CITY OF (TN) 7.1 776,833 55,122
MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO (MS) 7.27 3,957,907 287,697
COBB ELECTRIC MEM COOP (GA) 7.45 663,845 49,448
DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT CO (MD) 7.62 1,396,782 106,444
RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC COOP (VA) 8.82 92,351 8,141
Industrial      
Lowest      
GREEN RIVER ELECTRIC CORP (KY) 2.67 4,245,820 113,296
HENDERSON-UNION RURAL E C C (KY) 2.74 2,302,120 63,163
KENTUCKY POWER CO (KY) 3 3,139,719 94,149
SOUTH CAROLINA PUB SERV AUTH (SC) 3.06 6,930,133 212,151
POTOMAC EDISON CO (MD) 3.15 4,374,227 137,686
Highest      
NASHVILLE, CITY OF (TN) 5.18 6,365,645 329,697
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC (LA) 5.2 511,363 26,604
MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO (MS) 5.51 3,175,904 175,084
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER CO (MD) 5.53 422,144 23,364
DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT CO (MD) 5.9 508,817 30,002
Residential      
Lowest      
KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO (KY) 4.51 5,019,012 226,499
KENTUCKY POWER CO (KY) 4.8 2,223,807 106,732
KINGSPORT POWER CO (TN) 4.96 650,534 32,272
APPALACHIAN POWER CO (WV) 5.47 4,833,215 264,197
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC MEMBER CORP (TN) 5.56 1,696,494 94,385
Highest      
FLORIDA POWER CORP (FL) 8.61 16,394,315 1,412,003
BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO (MD) 8.62 11,051,084 952,658
DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT CO (MD) 8.78 1,716,447 150,684
DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT CO (DE) 9.22 2,384,521 219,963
COBB ELECTRIC MEM COOP (GA) 9.23 1,760,086 162,427
Rankings derived from 150 largest utilities by MWH sales in EIA 826.
Source: Utility Query, Analysis & Reporting System, Economic Sciences Corp.
 

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