Table 3: Actual and Projected Electricity Prices (cents/kWh),
1983 and 1995, by Major Components (in 1995 dollars)
|
Actual 1983
|
|
Generation
|
T/D
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
6.1
|
3.2
|
9.3
|
|
Capital
|
2.2
|
1.6
|
3.8
|
|
Fuel
|
3.3
|
-
|
3.3
|
|
O/M
|
0.6
|
1.6
|
2.2
|
|
Actual 1995
|
|
Forecast 1995
|
|
Generation
|
T/D
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
Generation
|
T/D
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
3.6
|
3.5
|
7.1
|
|
TOTAL
|
6.4
|
2.4
|
8.8
|
|
Capital
|
1.7
|
1.1
|
2.8
|
|
Capital
|
1.7
|
1
|
2.7
|
|
Fuel
|
1.1
|
-
|
1.1
|
|
Fuel
|
4
|
-
|
4
|
|
O/M
|
0.8
|
2.4
|
3.2
|
|
O/M
|
0.7
|
1.4
|
2.1
|
Sources and Notes: Total columns from EIA, Annual Energy Outlook, various issues. The split between plant and T/D is approxi-mated
on the basis of information in OECD/IEA, Projected Costs of Generating Electricity: Update 1998 (Paris: 1998). See also:
EIA, Electricity Prices in a Competitive Environment (August 1997); EIA, Financial Statistics of Major U.S. Investor Owned Electric
Utilities (1996) (1997) and Financial Statistics of Major U.S. Publicly Owned Utilities (1997) (1997).
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