District Energy customers saved more than $45 million over the past 10 years, when compared to gas.

2010 Financials

Rates and Unit Sales FY 2010 FY 2009 FY 2008
Demand rate ($/kW/mo) $ 4.90 $ 4.71 $ 4.57
Energy rate ($/MWh) $ 26.86 $ 30.51 $ 25.15
Fuel adjustment charge ($/MWh) $ 0.00 ($ 1.20) $ 1.20
Overall rate ($/MMBtu, 1700 Util hrs) $ 18.00 $ 18.31 $ 17.17
Demand (kW) - average 183,061 190,481 192,607
Energy sales (MWh) - actual 301,671 343,871 353,962
Heating season degree days 7,053 7,658 7,911
Energy sales (MWh) - normalized 331,000 350,000 354,000
       
Operating Revenues      
Net demand revenues $ 10,814,046 $ 10,805,873 $ 10,620,101
Energy revenues 7,995,714 10,209,594 9,060,954
Other revenues 1,121,544 929,365 909,319
Total operating revenues $ 19,931,304 $ 21,944,832 $ 20,590,374
       
Operating Expenses      
Fuel and energy $ 7,995,714 $ 10,209,594 $ 9,041,394
Non-fuel operating expenses 7,174,811 6,557,808 6,129,321
Total operating expenses 15,170,525 16,767,402 15,170,715
Net From Operations $ 4,760,779 $ 5,177,430 $ 5,419,659

District heating and cooling charges are made up of two parts: an energy rate and a demand rate. The energy rate is based on the actual cost of the fuel and electricity each company used during the year, while the demand rate is based on all other annual non-fuel costs.

Rates and Unit Sales FY 2010 FY 2009 FY 2008
Demand rate ($/ton/mo) $ 25.66 $ 25.66 $ 24.79
Energy rate ($/ton-hour) 0.079 0.079 0.071
Fuel adjustment charge ($/ton-hour) 0.004 0.004 0.007
Overall rate ($/ton-hour, 1200 Util hrs) $ 0.340 $ 0.339 $ 0.326
Demand (tons) - average 25,586 25,186 25,257
Energy sales (ton-hours) - actual 39,183,636 34,605,266 34,818,595
Cooling season degree days 982 652 814
       
Operating Revenues      
Net demand revenues $ 7,903,460 $ 7,789,208 $ 7,546,448
Energy revenues 3,264,393 2,923,577 2,732,118
Other revenues 51 3,632 185
Total operating revenues $ 11,167,904 $ 10,716,417 $ 10,278,751
       
Operating Expenses      
Fuel and energy $ 3,264,393 $ 2,923,579 $ 2,732,118
Non-fuel operating expenses 3,347,320 2,836,816 2,749,898
Total operating expenses 6,611,713 5,760,395 5,482,016
Net From Operations $ 4,556,191 $ 4,956,022 $ 4,796,735

District heating and cooling charges are made up of two parts: an energy rate and a demand rate. The energy rate is based on the actual cost of the fuel and electricity each company used during the year, while the demand rate is based on all other annual non-fuel costs.