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ARM <br /> 2015 <br /> PUBLIC POWER KEY STATS AND FACTS <br /> (based on 2014 data from the Energy Information Administration) <br /> PUBLIC POWER = <br /> LOCAL CONTROL + LOW RATES + HIGH RELIABILITY <br /> 2,012 public power utilities provide electricity to 48 million people in 49 states—all except Hawaii—and 4 U.S.territories <br /> PUBLIC POWER COSTS LESS <br /> National average retail rates(cents per kilowatt hour) <br /> Residential Commercial Industrial Total <br /> PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES 11 .4 10.7 7.3 10.1 <br /> RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES 11 .6 10.7 7.4 10.4 <br /> tr- INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES 13.1 11 .1 7.3 10.8 <br /> PUBLIC POWER'S SHARE OF THE U.S. ELECTRICITY MARKET <br /> 10% 10% 16% <br /> OF GENERATION OF TRANSMISSION OF DISTRIBUTION <br /> 218 <br />