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Residential Home City Utilities is responsible for:
  • the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power
  • the acquisition, transportation, and distribution of natural gas
  • the acquisition, treatment, and distribution of water
  • the operation of the bus transportation system
  • the operation of SpringNet broadband services

Quick Facts For Fiscal Year End 2011

General Information
Service Area Population 229,000
Service Area (in square miles) 320
Full-time Employees 972
 
Earnings & Expenses  (thousands)
Total Operating Revenues $ 418,354 
Total Operating Expenses ($ 384,479)
Total Operating Income $ 33,875 
Other Income ($ 15,699)
Net Income $ 18,176 
 
Usage By Class
Electric, Thousands of kWh: Unit Sales Percent  
Residential 1,091,143 26.7 %
Commercial 1,521,092 37.2  
Industrial 436,603 10.7  
Sales for Resale 1,038,663 25.4  
Total 4,087,501 100.0 %
Natural Gas, Thousands of Dekatherms: Unit Sales Percent  
Residential 5,582 49.7 %
Commercial 3,710 33.1  
Industrial 1,931 17.2  
Total 11,223 100.0 %
Water, Thousands of Gallons: Unit Sales Percent  
Residential 4,645,391 51.5 %
Commercial 3,756,455 41.7  
Industrial 608,247 6.8  
Total 9,010,093 100.0 %
 
Electric Residential Commercial Industrial  
Average Number of Customers 95,433 14,026 301
Annual Electric Bill $944 $7,514 $92,352
kWh Hours Used 11,432 108,448 1,450,509
Revenue per kWh $0.0825 $0.0693 $0.0637
 
Record Peak 802   Net Megawatts - August 3, 2011
Electronic Distribution Miles 1,768
Number of Substations 42
Street Lights 21,051
 
Natural Gas Residential Commercial Industrial  
Average Number of Customers 74,369 7,977 217
Annual Natural Gas Bill $665 $3,326 $49,319
Therms Used 750 4,650 89,000
Revenue per Therm $0.88 $0.71 $0.55
 
Record Peak 131,487   Dekatherms - January 12, 2011
Natural Gas Used by Power Plants 677,309   Dekatherms
Firm Pipeline Capacity 125,000   Dekatherms per Day
Firm Storage Capacity 2   Billion Cubic Feet
Natural Gas Distribution 1,259   Miles
Transmission 49   Miles
City Gate Stations 5
District Regulator Stations 170
 
Water Residential Commercial Industrial  
Average Number of Customers 72,448 7,565 208
Annual Water Bill $287 $1,448 $5,140
Thousand Gallons Used 64 497 2,924
Revenue per Thousand Gallons $4.48 $2.91 $1.75
 
Record Peak 59.4   Million Gallons - August 13, 2007
Water Distribution 1,252   Miles
Fire Hydrants 7,777
 
Water Supply
Water Treatment Facilities Date in Service Capacity  (Nominal) MGD
Fulbright Treatment Plant 1941 20.6
Distribution Wells 1971 1.7
Blackman Treatment Plant 1981 46.0
Total 68.3
 
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 30.7
 
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
Coal Fired (Megawatts)
John Twitty Energy Center No. 1 1976 203
John Twitty Energy Center No. 2 2011 300
James River No. 1 1957 23
James River No. 2 1957 23
James River No. 3 1960 44
James River No. 4 1964 60
James River No. 5 1970 105
Total Coal Fired 758
 
Combustion Turbines
John Twitty Energy Center No. 1 1983 52
John Twitty Energy Center No. 2 1983 52
James River No. 1 1989 75
James River No. 2 1992 80
McCartney Generating Station No. 1 2002 50
McCartney Generating Station No. 2 2002 50
Total Combustion Turbines 359
 
Noble Hill Landfill Renewable Energy Center 2006 3
 
Generation Total 1120
 
Long-Term Purchased Power Sources
Southwestern Power Administration 55
Kansas City Power & Light   51
Smoky Hills Wind Energy 50
Total Long-Term Purchased Power 156

John Twitty Energy Center No. 2, 300 MW, coal-fired unit, began commercial operation January 2011.
 
Transit    
Total Revenue Passengers 1,453,602
Regular Street Service Buses 25
Demand-Response Buses 5
Bus Miles Operated 1,270,300
Bus Hours Operated 89,897
Miles of Route 172
Bus Passenger Shelters 88
Bus Benches 212
Number of Fixed Routes 14
 
SpringNet Telecommunications    
Number of Customers 213
Miles of Fiber 425



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