Annual Report to the Members
EMPIRE ELECTRIC BUSINESS PROFILE
Annual Report Business Profile
  Our Business Profile: payroll, work force, service territory, distribution system, margins, revenue, where income dollars came from and where expense dollars went
 

EMPIRE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. 2008 BUSINESS PROFILE

Year organized: 1939
Power supplier: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc., Westminster, Colorado
Service Territory: Empire Electric's 3,300 square-mile service territory includes all of Montezuma County and parts of Dolores and San Miguel counties in Colorado and part of San Juan County in Utah
Work force: 64 total employees, 60 in Montezuma County, 2 in Dolores County and 2 in San Juan County, Utah
2008 payroll: $4,604,411
Total plant in service: $57,909,045
Total Assets: $77,984,378
Transmission system: 221 miles of high voltage transmission line and 2 switch stations
Distribution system: 1,354 miles of overhead distribution line, 344 miles of underground distribution line and 18 substations
2008 property taxes: $521,777 to three Colorado counties and $33,199 to one Utah county
2008 revenue: $46,878,644
2008 operating margin: $1,261,038
2008 kWh sales: 577,602,677 kilowatt-hours
2008 average residential monthly bill: $85.90 for 685 kWh
2008 maximum demand: 87,974 kW in December 2008
Type of services: Farm, ranches, irrigation, residential, light industrial, oil and gas pumping and a large carbon dioxide extraction project


Where Empire's 2008 Income Dollars Came From Where Empire's 2008 Expense Dollars Went