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Washington Water Power 1993 Fact Sheet by Reed Burkholder, March 24, 1997

Where does Washington Water Power's electricity come from? In 1993, 57.5% came from generators it owns and 42.5% came from purchases from generators owned by others. About 10% came from the Bonneville Power Administration's system of 29 federal dams. About 1% came from the 4 lower Snake River dams.

Listed below are the sources of Washington Water Power's electricity.

Generators owned by the Washington Water Power		Generation1 (megawatt*hours)
1	Noxon Rapids, Montana	1,613,396	14.6 %
2	Centralia, Washington (burns coal)	1,256,845	11.4 %
3	Colstrip #3 & #4, Montana (burns coal)	1,200,936	10.9 %
4	Cabinet Gorge, Idaho	1,017,886	9.2 %
5	Long Lake, Washington	398,905	3.62 %
6	Kettle Falls, Washington (burns wood)	307,968	2.79 %
7	Little Falls, Washington	176,482	1.60 %
8	Nine Mile Falls, Washington	95,857	0.87 %
9	Monroe Street, Washington	81,430	0.74 %
10	Upper Falls, Washington	80,206	0.73 %
11	Post Falls, Idaho	76,285	0.69 %
12	Northeast Turbine (burns gas)	25,637	0.23 %
13	Meyers Falls, Washington	7,144	0.06 %
Purchased Power
	Public agencies including municipalities	1,588,573	14.4 %
	(Lake Chelan2, Rocky Reach, Priest Rapids, Wanapum, and Wells Projects)
	Investor owned electric utilities	1,341,881	12.2 %
	Bonneville Power Administration3	1,101,507	9.98 %
	Non Utility sources such as cogeneration	563,465	5.11 %
	Exchanges Received and Delivered (net)	80,686	0.73 %
	International Imports	14,343	0.13 %
Total net energy for distribution		11,029,432

¹ source: Uniform Statistical Report - Year ended December 31, 1993, Washington Water Power Company, page E-16 and E-18
² The Washington Water Power Company 1993 Annual Report, page 44
³ Bonneville Power Administration 1993 Annual Report, page 52