Historical Average Actual
Priority Firm Power Rates
FY 1938-2008 (cents per kWh)
Priority Firm Power Rates
FY 1938-2008 (cents per kWh)
[Note: The rates shown below are the average
actual rates for PF power and do not include the cost of
transmission/2. These rates do not include Slice and are calculated
using total Block and Full Requirement revenue received divided by total kWhs
sold to Block and Full Requirement customers. The actual rate paid by any
individual customer will vary according to the shape of the load and the
products and services purchased.]
| Fiscal Year(s) |
Nominal
Cents/kWh |
Real 2007$/2
Cents/kWh |
| 1938-1974/2 | 0.33 | N/a |
| 1975-1979/2 | 0.37 | N/a |
| 1980 | 0.48 | 1.07 |
| 1981 | 0.61 | 1.23 |
| 1982 | 0.94 | 1.79 |
| 1983 | 1.50 | 2.76 |
| 1984 | 1.91 | 3.38 |
| 1985 | 1.91 | 3.28 |
| 1986 | 1.86 | 3.12 |
| 1987 | 1.80 | 2.95 |
| 1988 | 1.91 | 3.02 |
| 1989 | 1.91 | 2.92 |
| 1990 | 1.91 | 2.80 |
| 1991 | 1.92 | 2.73 |
| 1992 | 1.94 | 2.69 |
| 1993 | 1.96 | 2.66 |
| 1994 | 2.25 | 2.98 |
| 1995 | 2.28 | 2.96 |
| 1996 | 2.40 | 3.07 |
| 1997 | 2.16 | 2.71 |
| 1998 | 2.14 | 2.66 |
| 1999 | 2.12 | 2.60 |
| 2000 | 2.06 | 2.47 |
| 2001 | 2.16 | 2.53 |
| 2002 | 2.89 | 3.33 |
| 2003 | 3.08 | 3.47 |
| 2004 | 3.01 | 3.30 |
| 2005 | 2.87 | 3.05 |
| 2006 | 2.83 | 2.91 |
| 2007 | 2.70 | 2.70 |
| 2008 | 2.71 | 2.63 |
| Graphical Representation (PDF, 1 page, 60KB) | ||
/1 Deflators from Bureau of Economic Analysis - Table 1.1.9. Implicit Price Deflators for Gross Domestic Product - http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp for additional information.
/2 For 1938-1979 the cost of transmission is included in the rates.
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