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. 2009 BUSINESS PROFILE

Year organized: 1939
Power supplier: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc., Westminster, Colorado
Service Territory: 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
Work force: 63 total employees, 59 in Montezuma County, 2 in Dolores County and 2 in San Juan County, Utah
2009 payroll: $4,475,706
Total plant in service: $60,243,879
Total Assets: $87,952,355
Transmission system: 221 miles of high voltage transmission line and 2 switch stations
Distribution system: 1,344 miles of overhead distribution line, 359 miles of underground distribution line and 18 substations
2009 property taxes: $459,528 to three Colorado counties and $39,474 to one Utah county
2009 revenue: $50,480,888
2009 operating margin: $1,521,271
2009 kWh sales: 606,228,412 kilowatt-hours
2009 average residential monthly bill: $87.69 for 659 kWh
2009 maximum demand: 89,305 kW in December 2009
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