EMPIRE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. 2008 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 3,300 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
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| Work force:
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64 total employees, 60 in Montezuma County, 2 in Dolores County and 2 in San Juan County, Utah
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| 2008 payroll:
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$4,604,411
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| Total plant in service:
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$57,909,045
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| Total Assets:
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$77,984,378
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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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1,354 miles of overhead distribution line, 344 miles of underground distribution line and 18 substations
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| 2008 property taxes:
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$521,777 to three Colorado counties and $33,199 to one Utah county
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| 2008 revenue:
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$46,878,644
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| 2008 operating margin:
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$1,261,038
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| 2008 kWh sales:
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577,602,677 kilowatt-hours
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| 2008 average residential monthly bill:
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$85.90 for 685 kWh
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| 2008 maximum demand:
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87,974 kW in December 2008
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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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