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A Few Public Power Facts <br /> low cost <br /> What are public power's unique benefits? <br /> ■ Public power is customer-focused. Public power <br /> means that customers have a voice in decisions <br /> 10♦ made by their utility. <br /> col-I U01 ■ Public power costs less. On a national basis, <br /> �le private power residential customers pay average <br /> electricity rates that are about 13 percent more <br /> than those paid by public power customers. Beyond <br /> that,consumer-owned utilities are also committed <br /> to helping customers reduce their consumption to <br /> What is public power9 further lower their bills. <br /> Public power is one of the oldest forms of electric <br /> utility ownership in the U.S. Public power utilities are • Public power is a good neighbor Consumer-owned <br /> not-for-profit local institutions that provide electric- electric utilities are committed to conservation, <br /> environmental stewardship,and safety. Public power <br /> ity as an essential public service at a reasonable cost. <br /> utilities work to meet the needs of long-term com- <br /> Public power utilities are supported by customer rev- munity goals. <br /> enues, not taxes. In fact, public power utilities provide <br /> substantial payments in lieu of taxes to state and local a POhlic Dower IS ICA1111e Consumer-owned utilities' <br /> governments. rates pay for maintenance and reinvestments in <br /> important infrastructure needs. <br /> Who does public power serve? , <br /> e Public power utilities serve about 15%of the <br /> nation's electric customers—close to 47 million Retail Electric Rates, 204Q <br /> Americans receive their power from over 2,000 , cooperates <br /> community-owned electric utilities. investor-owned <br /> 12 <br /> Public power utilities serve small communities 11.9 ® Publicly owned <br /> as well as large cities such as Los Angeles,San 10 110.7 <br /> Antonio and Memphis. 110 a <br /> O <br /> XF <br /> Every state except for Hawaii has a public 3 s ; <br /> power utility. <br /> Three million businesses receive their power �, s � 4=; <br /> from a publicly-owned electric utility. <br /> So who is in charge of public power utilities? <br /> �N Public power utilities are owned and accountable to 2 <br /> the people they serve. <br /> 0 <br /> The governance structure for each utility varies. Residential commercial <br /> Some are governed by the city council and others <br /> are controlled by a utility board whose members <br /> may be elected or appointed by the city council or <br /> mayor. <br />