| Table 8.3. Revenue and Expense Statistics for Major U.S. Investor-Owned Electric Utilities, 2015 through 2025 (Million Dollars) |
| Description | 2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utility Operating Revenues | 283,620 | 283,364 | 288,764 | 296,366 | 299,302 | 297,569 |
| ......Electric Utility | 262,190 | 262,537 | 266,095 | 272,026 | 274,309 | 273,707 |
| ......Other Utility | 21,430 | 20,827 | 22,668 | 24,341 | 24,993 | 23,862 |
| Utility Operating Expenses | 243,850 | 239,894 | 241,849 | 255,952 | 255,582 | 242,991 |
| ......Electric Utility | 230,030 | 227,548 | 228,114 | 241,060 | 240,860 | 229,761 |
| ............Operation | 150,834 | 145,506 | 142,973 | 164,734 | 161,476 | 145,711 |
| ..................Production | 107,300 | 100,544 | 98,574 | 104,000 | 101,695 | 93,351 |
| ........................Cost of Fuel | 34,690 | 32,450 | 32,013 | 33,444 | 29,861 | 25,729 |
| ........................Purchased Power | 53,017 | 49,884 | 48,939 | 53,060 | 51,918 | 50,409 |
| ........................Other | 19,593 | 18,210 | 17,623 | 17,496 | 19,915 | 17,212 |
| ..................Transmission | 10,111 | 10,959 | 11,677 | 12,267 | 13,282 | 13,947 |
| ..................Distribution | 4,448 | 4,780 | 4,463 | 4,938 | 5,349 | 5,594 |
| ..................Customer Accounts | 5,192 | 5,077 | 4,796 | 5,000 | 5,010 | 5,798 |
| ..................Customer Service | 6,428 | 6,159 | 5,953 | 6,057 | 6,200 | 5,906 |
| ..................Sales | 202 | 205 | 213 | 203 | 204 | 211 |
| ..................Administrative and General | 17,154 | 17,782 | 17,297 | 32,268 | 29,736 | 20,904 |
| ............Maintenance | 16,490 | 17,039 | 18,124 | 17,952 | 20,290 | 20,173 |
| ............Depreciation | 27,098 | 30,261 | 30,686 | 32,596 | 35,576 | 38,722 |
| ............Taxes and Other | 35,608 | 34,742 | 36,331 | 25,778 | 23,518 | 25,155 |
| ......Other Utility | 13,821 | 12,346 | 13,735 | 14,892 | 14,722 | 13,230 |
| Net Utility Operating Income | 39,769 | 43,469 | 46,915 | 40,415 | 43,720 | 54,578 |
| Description | 2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utility Operating Revenues | 331,082 | 381,208 | 378,155 | 384,787 | 412,440 |
| ......Electric Utility | 301,901 | 344,434 | 343,626 | 352,561 | 376,217 |
| ......Other Utility | 29,181 | 36,774 | 34,529 | 32,226 | 36,222 |
| Utility Operating Expenses | 272,740 | 315,542 | 307,845 | 305,980 | 322,497 |
| ......Electric Utility | 255,640 | 292,298 | 287,618 | 289,500 | 303,640 |
| ............Operation | 165,023 | 196,644 | 185,946 | 179,455 | 188,182 |
| ..................Production | 111,688 | 140,332 | 126,882 | 120,462 | 127,346 |
| ........................Cost of Fuel | 35,249 | 49,505 | 36,220 | 32,860 | 37,614 |
| ........................Purchased Power | 62,025 | 80,028 | 67,897 | 63,873 | 70,459 |
| ........................Other | 14,414 | 10,798 | 22,765 | 23,729 | 19,274 |
| ..................Transmission | 15,333 | 15,880 | 15,746 | 17,345 | 18,445 |
| ..................Distribution | 5,684 | 5,973 | 6,400 | 6,725 | 7,260 |
| ..................Customer Accounts | 5,273 | 5,658 | 6,602 | 7,045 | 7,197 |
| ..................Customer Service | 6,199 | 6,659 | 6,953 | 7,458 | 8,226 |
| ..................Sales | 216 | 255 | 217 | 212 | 245 |
| ..................Administrative and General | 20,630 | 21,888 | 23,145 | 20,207 | 19,463 |
| ............Maintenance | 20,922 | 21,810 | 21,549 | 23,157 | 25,124 |
| ............Depreciation | 39,898 | 42,113 | 44,708 | 47,916 | 54,845 |
| ............Taxes and Other | 29,797 | 31,731 | 35,415 | 38,971 | 35,488 |
| ......Other Utility | 17,100 | 23,244 | 20,228 | 16,480 | 18,857 |
| Net Utility Operating Income | 58,342 | 65,667 | 70,310 | 78,807 | 89,943 |
| Notes: Missing or erroneous respondent data may result in slight imbalances in some of the expense account subtotals. Total may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Sources: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 1, "Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others via Catalyst Cooperative. |