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A Few Electricity Indust ry Facts • Three different types of ownership structure: Percent Share of Electric Customers • Publicly-Owned Utilities By Utility Type,2010 (includes state,county,municipally-owned 4.4% utilities and public power districts) • Cooperatively-Owned Utilities a Investor-Owned Utilities Power Marketers Cooperatives Investor-Owned Utilities Publicly Owned Utilities 6&.2% Utility Functions Energy Eff iciency The use of energy efficiency continues to be an • ; There are three core functions of utilities: genera- important tool for the industry. It conserves energy tion of electricity, transmission of electricity, and and lowers customers'bills. distribution to customers.Some utilities own and operate their own generation and bulk transmis- Ratepayer-funded energy efficiency and demand re- sion;others do not.Those that do not own genera- sponse programs in the U.S. saved enough electric- tion or transmission facilities will purchase these ity to power almost 10 million homes in 2010. products and services. Electricity Generation 4 Different regions of the country use various fuel Key Industry Challenges=Rising Costs: mixes to generate electricity. a Environmental regulations and other US Electric c,(-rieratiort by Fuel Type,2009 environmental policy Generation,in thousands of megawatt-hours w Building new transmission infrastructure, Coal 1,847,290 44.8% especially for renewables Natural Gas 999,010 24.2% a Natural gas supply and infrastructure Nuclear 806,968 19.6% Development of new cyber-security policy Oil 37,061 •9% Siting and financing of new nuclear Other 180,028 4.4% generation Water 254,702 6.2% Integration of variable energy resources Source:Energy Information Administration Form EIA-923. such as wind and solar Electricity Demand • The demand for electricity continues to grow. According to the U.S. Energy Information Adminis- tration, electricity demand is going to increase by 23%by 2035.