Business Profile for Empire Electric Association, Inc., including payroll, work force, service territory, distribution system, margins, revenue, where income dollars came from and where expense dollars went.
Empire Electric Association, Inc. 2006 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:
65 total employees, 61 in Montezuma County, 2 in Dolores County and 2 in San Juan County, Utah.
2006 payroll:
$3,648,804
Total plant in service:
$$54,375,548
Total Assets:
$63,830,502
Transmission system:
248 miles of high voltage transmission line and 2 switch stations.
Distribution system:
1,341 miles of overhead distribution line, 302 miles of underground distribution line and 16 substations
2006 property taxes:
$516,542 to three Colorado counties and $38,795 to one Utah county
2006 revenue:
$37,039,841
2006 operating margin:
$2,011,674
2006 kWh sales:
522,996,816 kWh
2006 average residential monthly bill:
$74.20 for 667 kWh
2006 maximum demand:
76,603 kW in December 2006
Type of services:
Farm, ranches, irrigation, residential, light industrial, oil and gas pumping and a large carbon dioxide extraction project
