Quick Facts Spotlight

Quick Facts For Fiscal Year End 2007
General Information
Service Area Population 229,000
Service Area (in square miles) 320
Full-time Employees 982
 
Earnings & Expenses  (thousands)
Total Operating Revenues $ 371,984
Total Operating Expenses $ 361,772
Total Operating Income $ 10,211
Other Income $ 6,685
Net Income $ 16,897
 
Usage By Class
Electric, Thousands of kWh: Unit Sales Percent  
Residential 985,310 28 %
Commercial 1,472,755 41  
Industrial 520,963 15  
Sales for Resale 578,785 16  
Total 3,557,813 100 %
Natural Gas, Thousands of Dekatherms: Unit Sales Percent  
Residential 5,458 49 %
Commercial 3,687 33  
Industrial 1,985 18  
Total 11,130 100 %
Water, Thousands of Gallons: Unit Sales Percent  
Residential 4,661,098 50 %
Commercial 3,730,553 40  
Industrial 939,796 10  
Total 9,331,447 100 %
 
Electric Residential Commercial Industrial  
Average Number of Customers 91,861 13,661 280
Annual Electric Bill $784 $6,625 $100,659
Kilowatt Hours Used 10,726 107,807 1,860,583
Revenue per Kilowatt Hour $0.0731 $0.0615 $0.0541
 
Record Peak 802   Megawatts - August 15, 2007
Electronic Distribution Miles 1,971
Number of Substations 40
Street Lights 19,676
 
Natural Gas Residential Commercial Industrial  
Average Number of Customers 74,133 7,908 203
Annual Natural Gas Bill $758 $4,216 $75,422
Therms Used 740 4,660 97,790
Revenue per Therm $1.02 $0.90 $0.77
 
Record Peak 122,655   Dekatherms - January 24, 2003
Natural Gas Used by Power Plants 2006 979,476   Dekatherms
Firm Pipeline Capacity 125,000   Dekatherms per Day
Firm Storage Capacity 2   Billion Cubic Feet
Natural Gas Distribution 1,297   Miles
Transmission 45   Miles
City Gate Stations 5
District Regulator Stations 169
 
Water Residential Commercial Industrial  
Average Number of Customers 71,591 7,479 187
Annual Water Bill $238 $1,200 $6,676
Thousand Gallons Used 65 499 5,026
Revenue per Thousand Gallons $3.66 $2.40 $1.33
 
Record Peak 59.41   Million Gallons - August 13, 2007
Water Distribution 1,169   Miles
Fire Hydrants 7,600
 
Water Supply
Water Treatment Facilities Date in Service Capacity  (Nominal) MGD
Fulbright Treatment Plant 1941 20.6
Distribution Wells 1971 1.2
Blackman Treatment Plant 1981 41.5
Total 63.3
 
Water Supplies (Avg. Daily Yield, Drought Conditions)
Fulbright Spring 1883 2.7  
Fulbright Well No. 1 1915 2.0
McDaniel Lake 1929 3.4
Fellows Lake 1957 10.8
Distribution Wells 1971 1.2
James River 1981 7.5
Stockton Lake 1996 15.0
Total 42.6
 
Average Daily Pumpage 32.3
 
Water Impoundment Areas
McDaniel Lake 1929 1.5   Billion Gallons
Fellows Lake 1955 10.1   Billion Gallons
Total 11.6   Billion Gallons
 
MGD - million gallons per day
 
Electric Power Supply
Power Plants Date in Service Capacity Percent
Coal Fired (Megawatts)
Southwest Power Station 1976 195 23.7  %
James River No. 1 1957 23 2.8
James River No. 2 1957 23 2.8
James River No. 3 1960 44 5.3
James River No. 4 1964 60 7.3
James River No. 5 1970 105 12.7
Total Coal Fired 450 54.6  %
 
Combustion Turbines
Southwest No. 1 1983 52 6.3  %
Southwest No. 2 1983 52 6.3
James River No. 1 1989 75 9.1
James River No. 2 1992 80 9.7
Main Street 1968 12 1.5
McCartney Generating Station 2002 100 12.1
Total Combustion Turbines 371 45.0  %
 
Renewable
Noble Hill Landfill Renewable Energy Center 2006 3 0.4  %
 
Generation Total 824 100  %
 
Long-Term Purchased Power Sources
Southwestern Power Administration 50
Kansas City Power & Light   51
Total Long-Term Purchased Power 101
 
Transit    
Total Revenue Passengers 1,859,599
Regular Street Service Buses 25
Demand-Response Buses 5
Bus Miles Operated 1,202,276
Bus Hours Operated 85,128
Miles of Route 174
Bus Passenger Shelters 64
Bus Benches 241
Number of Fixed Routes 17
 
SpringNet Telecommunications    
Number of Customers 184
Miles of Fiber 366