EMPIRE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. 2009 BUSINESS PROFILE
| Year organized:
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1939
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| Power supplier:
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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc., Westminster, Colorado
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| Service Territory:
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Empire Electric's 3,410 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
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| Work force:
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63 total employees, 59 in Montezuma County, 2 in Dolores County and 2 in San Juan County, Utah
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| 2009 payroll:
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$4,475,706
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| Total plant in service:
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$60,243,879
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| Total Assets:
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$87,952,355
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| Transmission system:
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221 miles of high voltage transmission line and 2 switch stations
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| Distribution system:
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1,344 miles of overhead distribution line, 359 miles of underground distribution line and 18 substations
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| 2009 property taxes:
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$459,528 to three Colorado counties and $39,474 to one Utah county
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| 2009 revenue:
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$50,480,888
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| 2009 operating margin:
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$1,521,271
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| 2009 kWh sales:
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606,228,412 kilowatt-hours
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| 2009 average residential monthly bill:
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$87.69 for 659 kWh
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| 2009 maximum demand:
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89,305 kW in December 2009
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| Type of services:
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Farm, ranches, irrigation, residential, light industrial, oil and gas pumping and a large carbon dioxide extraction project
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