UTILITY BENCHMARKS
AVERAGE RATE SUMMARY
HIGHEST AND LOWEST BY CUSTOMER CLASS
REGION - SOUTHWEST
Annual Data Ending October 1998
Utility Average Rate Mwh Revenues
Commercial      
Lowest      
SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE CO (NM) 5.47 584,394 31,951
COLORADO SPRINGS CITY OF (CO) 5.47 988,950 54,118
PUBLIC SERV OF COLORADO (CO) 5.52 10,675,458 589,775
PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO (UT) 5.59 4,982,960 278,512
NEVADA POWER CO (NV) 6.16 2,812,906 173,375
Highest      
LOS ANGELES CITY OF (CA) 9.51 12,296,119 1,169,478
PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO (CA) 9.93 31,927,119 3,169,808
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO (CA) 10.15 26,973,623 2,736,809
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC CO INC (HI) 10.91 2,006,088 218,776
TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER CO (AZ) 10.91 1,317,750 143,784
Industrial      
Lowest      
PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO (UT) 3.34 6,987,210 233,329
SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE CO (NM) 3.9 1,284,607 50,147
COLORADO SPRINGS CITY OF (CO) 4.2 1,526,606 64,080
SALT RIVER PROJ AG I & P DIST (AZ) 4.22 3,684,936 155,401
PUBLIC SERV OF COLORADO (CO) 4.31 4,840,395 208,504
Highest      
TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER CO (AZ) 6.23 3,326,526 207,163
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO (CA) 6.29 24,083,424 1,514,804
SACRAMENTO MUN UTIL DISTRICT (CA) 7.04 4,302,818 302,915
LOS ANGELES CITY OF (CA) 8.22 2,624,178 215,734
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC CO INC (HI) 8.61 3,050,429 262,645
Residential      
Lowest      
SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE CO (NM) 6.12 642,071 39,286
COLORADO SPRINGS CITY OF (CO) 6.46 1,100,751 71,119
NEVADA POWER CO (NV) 6.56 5,726,347 375,851
PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO (UT) 6.9 4,348,249 300,214
PUBLIC SERV OF COLORADO (CO) 7.6 6,795,282 516,711
Highest      
TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER CO (AZ) 9.32 2,644,951 246,442
LOS ANGELES CITY OF (CA) 10.27 6,406,089 658,044
PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO (CA) 10.96 26,697,438 2,926,401
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO (CA) 11.6 24,290,521 2,817,611
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC CO INC (HI) 12.74 1,814,924 231,143
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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