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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 telecommunications

Quick Facts For Fiscal Year End 2008

General Information
Service Area Population 229,000
Service Area (in square miles) 320
Full-time Employees 1,000
 
Earnings & Expenses  (thousands)
Total Operating Revenues $ 393,379
Total Operating Expenses $ 378,933
Total Operating Income $ 14,446
Other Income $ 9,886
Net Income $ 24,332
 
Usage By Class
Electric, Thousands of kWh: Unit Sales Percent  
Residential 1,000,320 29 %
Commercial 1,481,443 43  
Industrial 519,731 15  
Sales for Resale 436,920 13  
Total 3,438,414 100 %
Natural Gas, Thousands of Dekatherms: Unit Sales Percent  
Residential 5,837 50 %
Commercial 3,777 32  
Industrial 2,029 18  
Total 11,643 100 %
Water, Thousands of Gallons: Unit Sales Percent  
Residential 4,337,718 49 %
Commercial 3,556,056 40  
Industrial 986,947 11  
Total 8,880,721 100 %
 
Electric Residential Commercial Industrial  
Average Number of Customers 93,353 13,826 322
Annual Electric Bill $777 $6,603 $88,993
kWh Hours Used 10,715 107,149 1,614,071
Revenue per kWh $0.0725 $0.0616 $0.0551
 
Record Peak 802   Megawatts - August 15, 2007
Electronic Distribution Miles 2,000
Number of Substations 40
Street Lights 20,125
 
Natural Gas Residential Commercial Industrial  
Average Number of Customers 74,425 7,948 233
Annual Natural Gas Bill $883 $4,840 $80,018
Therms Used 780 4,750 87,100
Revenue per Therm $1.13 $1.02 $0.92
 
Record Peak 122,248   Dekatherms - January 23, 2003
Natural Gas Used by Power Plants 641,820   Dekatherms
Firm Pipeline Capacity 125,000   Dekatherms per Day
Firm Storage Capacity 2   Billion Cubic Feet
Natural Gas Distribution 1,317   Miles
Transmission 45   Miles
City Gate Stations 5
District Regulator Stations 170
 
Water Residential Commercial Industrial  
Average Number of Customers 71,944 7,513 221
Annual Water Bill $234 $1,238 $6,212
Thousand Gallons Used 60 473 4,466
Revenue per Thousand Gallons $3.90 $2.62 $1.39
 
Record Peak 59.41   Million Gallons - August 13, 2007
Water Distribution 1,188   Miles
Fire Hydrants 7,655
 
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 44.7
Total 66.5
 
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 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 1,535,503
Regular Street Service Buses 25
Demand-Response Buses 5
Bus Miles Operated 1,201,580
Bus Hours Operated 85,192
Miles of Route 173
Bus Passenger Shelters 66
Bus Benches 244
Number of Fixed Routes 18
 
SpringNet Telecommunications    
Number of Customers 201
Miles of Fiber 378



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