1996 Statistical Highlights

	1996	% Change
Retail sales (kilowatt hours)	2,468,849,194	up	5.88%
Revenue from retail sales	$97,023,566	up	5.26%
Average number of customers	72,812	up	2.94%
Average revenue/kilowatt hour	$.0393	down	0.51%
Peak one-hour demand (kilowatts)	553,000	up	16.91%
Average annual residential use (kilowatt-hours)	15,357	up	3.70%
Plant in service	322,100,381	up	5.26%

Electric Utility System Information

Plant in Service: $322,100,381
Electric service is furnished within the city limits of Eugene and to specified areas outside the city limits. The total service area covers 238 square miles.

Transmission Lines:	Circuit Miles	Voltage
	38	69 kv
	90	115 kv

Distribution Lines:	Circuit Miles	Voltage
Overhead	942	7.2 or 12.47 kv
Underground	652	7.2 or 12.47 kv

Transformer Capacity:	Substations	1,099,000 kva
	Distribution	842,750 kva

Residential Use & Cost:

The 1996 overall annual average residential consumption for EWEB electric customers was 15,357 kWh. The 1996 national annual average residential use was 10,287 kWh.

EWEB's 1996 average residential revenue was 4.43¢ per kWh, including the monthly basic customer charge, while the 1996 national residential average revenue was 8.22¢ per kWh.

Source for national average: Edison Electric Institute

Electric System Peaks:

Year	Date	Kilowatts
1996	February 1	553,000
1995	January 4	485,000
1994	February 8	543,000
1993	November 24	568,000
1992	December 4	526,000
1991	January 30	502,000
1990	December 21	623,000
1989	February 8	572,000
1988	December 16	470,000
1987	January 16	496,000

EWEB-Owned Generation

EWEB is also a part owner, through the Western Generation Agency, of Wauna Cogeneration Project, located at the James River Wauna Paper Mill near Clatskanie, Oregon. The cogeneration plant has a capacity of 26 aMW.

Generation Resources	Location	*Nameplate Capacity (MW)**
Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Plant	McKenzie River	80
Trail Bridge Hydroelectric Plant	McKenzie River	10
Leaburg Hydroelectric Plant	McKenzie River	13.5
Walterville Hydroelectric Plant	McKenzie River	8
Stone Creek Plant	Estacada, OR	12.5
EWEB/Weyerhaeuser Cogeneration Plant	Springfield, OR	51.2
Smith Creek Hydroelectric Plant, ID	Idaho	36

Contracted Resources		*Nameplate Capacity (MW)**
Priest Rapids Hydro Plant	Grant Co., WA**	15
Wanapum Hydro Plant	Grant Co., WA**	21
Nameplate capacity is a generator's maximum electrical output. * EWEB's Share of Project Capacity

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