83
XII. Communication & Utility Indicators
Telephone Service...... 84
Television & Radio...... 88
Computers & Internet ...... 93
Electrical Utilities ...... 97
Natural Gas Utility ...... 108
Water & Sewer Services...... 114
Solid Waste Services ...... 121
Recycling ...... 127 84
Anchorage Residential & Business Telephone Lines - 1987 -1997, By Month
Yr. Mo. Resid. Bus. Total Yr. Resid. Bus. Total Yr. Resid. Bus. Total 87 Jan 82,293 38,505 120,798 91 88,251 44,278 132,529 95 98,421 54,467 152,888 Feb 82,115 38,493 120,608 88,604 44,457 133,061 98,407 54,564 152,971 Mar 82,120 39,160 121,280 88,905 44,630 133,535 98,457 54,482 152,939 Apr 82,284 39,274 121,558 88,853 44,817 133,670 98,539 54,684 153,223 May 81,941 39,383 121,324 88,844 45,174 134,018 98,578 55,089 153,667 Jun 81,529 39,457 120,986 89,187 47,973 137,160 98,322 55,301 153,623 Jul 81,238 39,157 120,395 89,212 47,985 137,197 97,696 55,556 153,252 Aug 81,395 38,821 120,216 89,620 48,288 137,908 97,311 55,587 152,898 Sep 81,227 38,752 119,979 90,014 48,469 138,483 98,050 56,000 154,050 Oct 81,156 38,684 119,840 90,812 48,716 139,528 98,693 55,982 154,675 Nov 80,999 38,770 119,769 91,616 48,863 140,479 99,636 56,108 155,744 Dec 80,891 38,787 119,678 91,935 49,038 140,973 100,078 56,021 156,099
88 Jan 81,021 38,829 119,850 92 92,290 49,819 142,109 96 100,272 56,288 156,560 Feb 81,038 38,821 119,859 92,456 49,852 142,308 100,523 56,279 156,802 Mar 80,883 38,901 119,784 92,485 49,797 142,282 100,944 56,614 157,558 Apr 80,903 39,028 119,931 92,372 49,769 142,141 101,435 57,192 158,627 May 80,426 39,149 119,575 92,253 50,013 142,266 101,514 57,247 158,761 Jun 80,006 39,316 119,322 92,005 50,069 142,074 101,706 57,270 158,976 Jul 79,903 39,361 119,264 91,874 50,188 142,062 101,880 57,474 159,354 Aug 79,896 39,394 119,290 92,137 50,379 142,516 102,328 57,734 160,062 Sep 80,133 39,628 119,761 92,347 50,536 142,883 102,880 57,852 160,732 Oct 80,525 39,699 120,224 92,867 50,642 143,509 103,835 57,768 161,603 Nov 80,760 39,744 120,504 92,906 50,613 143,519 104,427 57,805 162,232 Dec 81,310 39,896 121,206 93,339 50,754 144,093 105,097 57,945 163,042
89 Jan 81,589 39,861 121,450 93 93,804 50,598 144,402 97 105,771 58,408 164,179 Feb 81,764 39,993 121,757 93,898 50,948 144,846 106,047 58,508 164,555 Mar 81,344 40,090 121,434 94,083 51,097 145,180 106,512 58,773 165,285 Apr 81,185 40,272 121,457 93,998 51,142 145,140 106,435 59,182 165,617 May 80,805 40,572 121,377 93,902 51,296 145,198 106,446 59,536 165,982 Jun 80,439 40,757 121,196 93,774 51,685 145,459 106,626 59,821 166,447 Jul 80,603 40,833 121,436 93,909 51,919 145,828 107,108 60,076 167,184 Aug 80,958 40,930 121,888 94,163 52,111 146,274 107,854 60,418 168,272 Sep 81,532 41,134 122,666 94,539 52,193 146,732 Oct 82,354 41,262 123,616 94,907 52,238 147,145 Nov 82,836 41,490 124,326 95,555 52,015 147,570 Dec 83,299 41,599 124,898 95,870 52,187 148,057
90 Jan 83,871 41,857 125,728 94 96,250 52,306 148,556 Feb 84,361 41,986 126,347 96,554 52,589 149,143 Mar 84,567 42,162 126,729 96,612 52,870 149,482 Apr 84,625 42,313 126,938 96,665 53,411 150,076 May 84,755 42,467 127,222 96,585 53,816 150,401 Jun 84,803 42,862 127,665 96,450 54,053 150,503 Jul 84,892 43,038 127,930 96,454 54,256 150,710 Aug 85,237 43,308 128,545 96,315 54,263 150,578 Sep 85,828 43,515 129,343 96,832 54,363 151,195 Oct 86,501 43,803 130,304 97,223 54,480 151,703 Nov 87,379 43,900 131,279 97,294 54,342 151,636 Dec 87,797 44,087 131,884 98,099 54,487 152,586
Sources: Anchorage Telephone Utility (includesTurnagain Arm); Matanuska Telephone (Eagle River/Chugiak). 85 Residential Telephone Access Lines Anchorage - 1982 to 1997, By Month 110,000 105,000 100,000 95,000 90,000 85,000 80,000 75,000 70,000 65,000 60,000 55,000 50,000 1212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678910111212345678 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 Note: Includes customers in Anchorage Bowl, Indian, Girdwood, Chugiak & Eagle River. Source: Anchorage Telephone Utility & Matanuska Telephone Association. 97utilcm #5
Telephone Access Lines (in 1000's) Anchorage - Year-End 1982 to 1996
150
125
100
75
housands
T 50
25
0 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Total 100 111 119 122 119 118 120 123 130 139 144 148 153 156 163 Business 28 33 36 38 37 37 38 40 42 47 51 52 54 56 58 Residential 72 78 83 84 82 81 81 83 88 92 93 96 98 100 105 Note: Includes customers in Anchorage Bowl, Indian, Girdwood, Chugiak & Eagle River. Source: Anchorage Telephone Utility and Matanuska Telephone Association. 97utilcm #4 86 Residential & Business Telephone Access Lines Anchorage - Year-End 1982 to 1996
15.0% % Chg. Bus. % Chg. Res.
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
-5.0% 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 % Chg. Res. 8.8% 6.2% 1.4% -1.6% -1.8% 0.5% 2.4% 5.4% 4.7% 1.5% 2.7% 2.3% 2.0% 5.0% % Chg. Bus. 15.4% 11.1% 4.1% -2.5% 0.7% 3.0% 4.3% 5.9% 11.4% 7.5% 2.8% 4.4% 2.8% 3.4% Source: Anchorage Telephone Utility and Matanuska Telephone Association. Note: Includes customers in Anchorage Bowl, Indian, Girdwood, Chugiak & Eagle River. 97utilcm #1
Monthly Cost of Basic Telephone Service Anchorage & Selected U.S. Cities - 2nd Quarter -1996
Little Rock, AR $23.63 Portland, OR $23.34 Boston MA $22.77 Minneapolis, MN $22.28 Billings, MT $21.31 Cheyenne, WY $20.82 Oklahoma City, OK $20.58 Denver, CO $20.51 Memphis, TN $20.37 Washington, DC $20.15 Phoenix, AZ $19.03 MEDIAN $19.03 Salt Lake City, UT $18.77 Fairbanks, AK $17.53 Boise, ID $16.78 Dallas, TX $16.33 Spokane, WA $15.94 San Diego, CA $15.64 Juneau, AK $14.86 ANCHORAGE, AK $14.43 Reno-Sparks, NV $13.58 Las Vegas, NV $10.86
$0.00 $5.00 $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00
Source: ACCRA Cost of Living Index, Louisville, Kentucky. (Revised 4/22/97)
97 ACCRA #10 87
% Households Without Phone Anchorage Community Councils - 1990
Mountain View 19% Fairview 9% Spenard 8% Russian Jack Park 7% Government Hill 7% Downtown 5% U.s. Average 5% Girdwood/Indian 5% Campbell Park 4% North Star 4% University/Basher 4% Anchorage Average 3% Turnagain 3% Northeast (Muldoon) 3% Airport Heights 3% Taku - Campbell 2% Abbott Loop 2% Hillside East/Glen Alps 2% Eagle River/Chugiak 1% Bayshore - Klatt 1% Sand Lake 1% South Addition 1% Rogers Park 1% Old Sew./Oceanview 1% Rabbit Crk/Bear Valley 0% Mid-Hillside 0% Huffman O'Malley 0% Military Bases 0% Scenic Park Area 0% Tudor Area 0%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Note: Low income neighborhoods are shown in dark gray bars. *Percent of persons 5 years and older who were living in Anchorage five years ago. Ccvert #51 88 Cellular Telephone Customers Anchorage - Year-end 1990-96 & April 1997
80,000 80,000 75,000
60,000 50,000
40,000
16,000 20,000 8,000 5,000 1,000 2,500 0 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997*
Sources: Estimates provided by MACtel, Inc. and AT & T Wireless. Note: Cellular telephone service was introduced in Anchorage in August 1989. (Revised 4/23/97) 97utilcm #2
Cable Television Customers Anchorage - 1989 to 1996
65,051 66,445 62,419 58,273 60,000 55,615 51,720 47,705 44,095 39,001 40,000
20,000
0 July-89 Dec-89 Dec-90 Dec-91 Dec-92 Dec-93 Dec-94 Dec-95 Dec-96 Total 39,001 44,095 47,705 51,720 55,615 58,273 62,419 65,051 66,445 Other Alaska* 2,744 3,014 3,283 3,370 3,663 3,821 4,005 4,154 4,215 Anchorage 36,257 41,081 44,422 48,350 51,952 54,452 58,414 60,897 62,230
Source: Prime Cable. Note: Prime Cable acquired the system in July 1989; In November 1996 Prime Cable was acquired by GCI Cable, Inc. *Bethel and Kenai/Soldotna. (Revised 4/22/97) 97utilcm #3 89 Watched Television Yesterday Anchorage Adults - 1996
Sometime 82%
7 to 9 am 33%
Noon to 4 pm 26%
5:30 to 6 pm 48%
6 to 6:30 pm 54%
6:30 to 7 pm 53%
7 to 10 pm 73%
10 pm to Midnight 37%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Source: Western Research Market Study, a telephone survey of 1,100 households conducted October 23 - November 16, 1996 for the Anchorage Daily News. (Revised 10/2/97) 97utilcm #28
Television Station Watched from 7-10 pm Anchorage Adults - 1996
KTUU - 2 - NBC 19%
KIMO - 13 - ABC 11%
KTBY - 4 - FOX 11%
KTVA - 11 - CBS 9%
KYES - 5 - UPN/Warner Br 7%
Other Cable 7%
Movie Channel 6%
KAKM - 7 - PBS 3%
CNN - 9 - News 2%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% Source: Western Research Market Study, a telephone survey of 1,100 households conducted October 23 - November 16, 1996 for the Anchorage Daily News. (Revised 10/2/97) 97utilcm #27 90 Listened to Radio Yesterday Anchorage Adults - 1996
Sometime 75%
6 to 9 am 68%
9 am to 4 pm 58%
4 to 6 pm 55%
After 6 pm 31%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Source: Western Research Market Study, a telephone survey of 1,100 households conducted October 23 - November 16, 1996 for the Anchorage Daily News. (Revised 10/2/97) 97utilcm #25
Radio Station Listened to from 6 to 9 am Anchorage Adults - 1996
KWHL-106.5 FM-Alternative 8%
KASH-107.5 FM-Country 6%
KBJR-104.1 FM-Country 6%
KGOT-101.3 FM-Contemporary-Top 40 5%
KENI-550 AM-News, Talk, Sports 5%
KSKA-91.1 FM-Public Radio 4%
KBFX-100.5 FM-Pure Rock 3%
KEAG-97.3 FM-Oldies 50s, 60s 3%
KKRO-102.1 FM-Classic Rock 70s, 80s 3%
KYMG-98.9 FM-Adult Contemporary 3%
KLEF-98.1 FM-Classical 1%
KNIK-105.3 FM-Smooth Jazz 1%
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% Source: Western Research Market Study, a telephone survey of 1,100 households conducted October 23 - November 16, 1996 for the Anchorage Daily News. (Revised 10/2/97) 97utilcm #28 91 Radio Station Ownership Anchorage - Fall 1997 Pacific Star Commun. 6 Stations 25%
Pioneer Broadcasting 9 Stations 38%
Northern Radio & TV 2 Stations 8%
Individually Owned 7 Stations 29% Total: 24 Stations
Source: Telephone survey of radio stations by MOA Community Planning & Development Department, Research & Technical Services Division.
97utilcm #32
Radio Station Listenership - 6 to 10 am Anchorage Persons 12 & Older - April 1997
KGOT 101.3-FM 34,000 KWHL 106.5-FM 32,000 KASH 107.5-FM 28,000 KENI 550-AM 26,000 KBRJ 104.1-FM 22,000 KEAG 97.3-FM 21,000 KYMG 98.9-FM 20,000 KLEF 98.1-FM 17,000 KMXS 103.1-FM 15,000 KBFX 100.5-FM 14,000 KHAR 590-AM 12,000 KNIK 105.3-FM 12,000 KKRO 102.1-FM 11,000 KBYR 700-AM 7,000 KFQD 750-AM 6,000 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 Source: Arbitron Audience Estimates, The Arbitron Company. *Listenership based on number of quarter-hour listeners. (Revised 10/9/97) 97utilcm #31 92 Anchorage Radio Station Summary Fall 1997
Type Station Description Owner Alternative KNBA 90.3-FM Adult Alternative/Native Cultural Koahnic Broadcast Corporation KRUA 88.1-FM Alternative University of Alaska Anchorage KWHL 106.5-FM Alternative Pioneer Broadcasting
Big Bands KHAR 590-AM Big Bands Pioneer Broadcasting
Children's KYAK 650-AM AAHS World Radio - Children's Pacific Star Communications
Classical KLEF 98.1-FM Classical Chinook Concert Broadcasters
Contemporary KGOT 101.3-FM Contemporary - Top 40 Pacific Star Communications KMXS 103.1-FM Adult Contemporary Pioneer Broadcasting KQEZ 92.1-FM Soft Adult Contemporary Pioneer Broadcasting KYMG 98.9-FM Adult Contemporary Pacific Star Communications
Country KASH 107.5-FM Country Pacific Star Communications KASH 1080-AM Country, Sports Pacific Star Communications KBRJ 104.1-FM Country Pioneer Broadcasting
Jazz KNIK 105.3-FM Smooth Jazz Northern Radio & Television
News, Talk KBYR 700-AM News, Talk, Sports Northern Radio & Television KENI 550-AM News, Talk, Sports Pacific Star Communications KFQD 750-AM News & Talk Pioneer Broadcasting
Public KSKA 91.1-FM Public Radio - News, Talk, Music Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc.
Religious KATB 89.3-FM Religious Anchorage Baptist Temple
Rock KBFX 100.5-FM Pure Rock 1960s-1980s Pioneer Broadcasting KEAG 97.3-FM Oldies 1950s & 1960s Ingstad Corporation KKRO 102.1-FM Classic Rock 1970's & 1980s Pioneer Broadcasting
Sports KAXX 1020 AM All Sports Pioneer Broadcasting
Source: Telephone survey of radio stations by MOA Community Planning & Development Department, Research & Technical Services Division. 93
% of Households w/Computers Anchorage Community Councils - 1996
Hillside/Glen Alps/Basher 80% Eagle Riv. Val./S. Fork 76% Huffman O'Malley 72% Rabbit Crk/Bear Val. 68% Old Seward/Oceanview 63% Bayshore - Klatt 62% Scenic Park Area 62% Birchwd/Chug/Eklutna 61% Rogers Park/Tudor 61% Sand Lake 60% Abbott Loop 57% Eagle River 54% University Area 53% Girdwood Valley 53% Anchorage Average 53% Turnagain 53% Airport Heights 49% Campbell Park 49% Taku - Campbell 48% Downtown/S. Add/N. Star 47% Muldoon (NE Area) 44% Spenard 37% Russian Jack Park 34% Fairview 32% Government Hill 32% Mountain View 17%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Source: 1996 Housing & Population Survey, MOA Community Planning Dept.
cravbw796 #19 94 Computer Ownership by Education* Anchorage - 1996
28% Non-H.S. Grad
30% High School Grad
48% Some College
53% All Households
61% College Grad
69% Graduate Degree
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Source: Municipality of Anchorage. Community Planning & Development Department Survey. *Education of head of household. (Revised 6/7/96) 97utilcm #22
% Households with Computers by Income Anchorage - 1996
Under $20,000 26%
$20-29,999 40%
$30-39,999 49%
$40-49,999 56%
$50-59,999 60%
$60-69,999 66%
$70-79,999 71%
$80-89,888 74%
$90-99,999 83%
$100,000 or + 82%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Source: Municipality of Anchorage. Community Planning & Development Department Survey. (Revised 6/7/96) ppsur96r #42 95 Households with Computers Anchorage - 1996
No computer 42%
Computer without Modem 17%
Computer w/Modem 17% Computer w/Internet 23%
Source: Western Research Market Study, a telephone survey of 1,100 households conducted October 23 - November 16, 1996 for the Anchorage Daily News. (Revised 10/3/97) 97utilcm #24
Internet On-Line Service Provider Anchorage Households - 1996
Local/Other Provider 49%
Compuserve 30%
America On-Line 28%
Prodigy 5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Source: Western Research Market Study, a telephone survey of 1,100 households conducted October 23 - November 16, 1996 for the Anchorage Daily News. (Revised 10/2/97) 97utilcm #25 96 Home Computer & Internet Usage Anchorage Adults - 1996
71% Regularly Use Computer 65%
29% Use Internet 1-3 Hrs/Week 27%
9% Use Internet 15+ Hrs/Week Men 4% Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Source: Western Research Market Study, a telephone survey of 1,100 households conducted October 23 - November 16, 1996 for the Anchorage Daily News. (Revised 10/2/97) 97utilcm #26
Internet Alaska Customers Anchorage & Other Alaska - September, 1994 to 1997 12,500 Anchorage Other Alaska 12,000
10,000 9,200
8,000
6,000 5,000
4,000 3,200
1,800 2,000 300 0 200 0 Sept. 94 Sept. 95 Sept 96 Sept 97
Sources: Internet Alaska, Inc. The firm is the largest Alaska-based internet provider in the state of Alaska. (Revised 10/9/97) 97utilcm #33 97 Number of Electrical Customers Municipal Light & Power - 1982-96 35,000
30,343 29,952 29,781 29,437 29,424 30,000 29,176 29,015 28,859 28,871 29,004 29,238 29,166
25,000 21,928
19,042 20,000 17,975
15,000
10,000
5,000
0 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Commercial 3,230 3,420 3,921 5,002 5,095 5,162 5,159 5,174 5,252 5,394 5,500 5,558 5,624 5,713 5,748 Residential 14,745 15,622 18,007 25,341 24,857 24,619 24,017 23,841 23,607 23,477 23,504 23,680 23,813 23,711 23,418
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power. (Revised 9/22/97) 97utilel #3
Total kWh Electricity Sold Municipal Light & Power - 1982-96
987 1,000 981 966 881 877 858 843 857 820 805 806 826 800 692 653 611 600
ions
ill
M 400
200
0 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Other* 8 24 30 191 190 190 70 91 57 17 26 32 50 69 52 Residential 129 128 139 187 178 162 150 158 156 149 143 145 147 147 148 Commercial 474 501 523 604 619 614 599 610 630 639 636 649 660 664 677
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power. *Other includes street lighting, sales for resale & sales to public authorities. (Revised 9/22/97) 97utilel #4 98
Municipal Light & Power Customers & Revenue - 1982-96
Residential Customers Average Total Total Average Annual Number of KWH Revenue KWH Per Bill Per Revenue Per Year Customers Sales ($) Customer Customer KWH Sold ($) 1985 25,341 186,518,051 12,348,280 7,360 487 .066 1986 24,857 178,373,954 13,322,222 7,176 536 .075 1987 24,619 162,164,509 12,703,655 6,587 516 .078 1988 24,017 150,476,581 12,282,375 6,265 511 .082 1989 23,841 157,545,789 14,510,308 6,608 609 .092 1990 23,607 155,783,451 14,044,089 6,599 595 .090 1991 23,477 148,520,956 14,952,049 6,326 637 .101 1992 23,504 143,450,943 13,820,119 6,103 588 .096 1993 23,680 145,354,429 14,010,280 6,138 592 .096 1994 23,813 147,066,704 14,018,897 6,176 589 .095 1995 23,711 147,408,380 14,320,226 6,217 604 .097 1996 23,418 148,022,426 14,428,280 6,321 616 .098
Commercial Customers Average Total Total Average Annual Number of KWH Revenue KWH Per Bill Per Revenue Per Year Customers Sales ($) Customer Customer KWH Sold ($) 1985 5,002 603,535,481 35,776,997 120,659 7,153 .059 1986 5,095 619,284,134 41,771,427 121,547 8,199 .068 1987 5,162 613,782,122 42,710,087 118,904 8,274 .070 1988 5,159 599,276,720 43,347,588 116,161 8,402 .072 1989 5,174 609,967,461 50,734,741 117,891 9,806 .083 1990 5,252 629,892,592 49,553,053 119,934 9,435 .079 1991 5,394 639,195,005 53,078,760 118,501 9,840 .083 1992 5,500 636,184,569 50,009,251 115,670 9,093 .079 1993 5,558 648,578,795 50,929,949 116,693 9,163 .079 1994 5,624 659,665,557 50,925,065 117,295 9,055 .077 1995 5,713 664,330,750 51,525,761 116,284 9,019 .078 1996 5,748 676,834,925 52,269,923 117,745 9,093 .077
All Customers (Includes residential, commercial, streetlighting, sales for resale) Total KWH Total ($) Avg. Revenue Per Year Sales Revenue Per KWH Sold ($) 1985 980,780,938 56,304,498 .057 1986 987,309,485 63,605,889 .064 1987 965,706,986 62,554,332 .065 1988 819,747,624 59,808,379 .073 1989 858,305,477 69,615,619 .081 1990 842,603,612 66,824,243 .079 1991 804,805,499 69,668,144 .087 1992 805,835,091 65,818,411 .082 1993 825,831,367 67,251,337 .081 1994 856,578,991 67,446,876 .079 1995 880,847,345 69,013,820 .078 1996 877,024,545 69,380,711 .079
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power. 99 Average Monthly Residential kWh Usage Municipal Light & Power - 1982-96 800 729 700 681 642 613 598 600 549 551 550 522 527 509 512 515 518 527 500
400
300
200
100
0 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power. (Revised 9/22/97) 97utilel #5
Average Monthly Commercial kWh Usage Municipal Light & Power - 1982-96 14,000
12,23812,214 12,000 11,117 10,129 10,055 9,909 9,995 9,875 10,000 9,680 9,824 9,639 9,724 9,775 9,690 9,812
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power. (Revised 9/22/97) 97utilel #8 100 Average Monthly Residential Cost Per Customer Municipal Light & Power - 1982-96 $60.00
$53.08 $50.75 $51.33 $49.58 $49.33 $50.33 $50.00 $49.00 $49.08 $44.67 $43.00$42.58 $41.58$40.58 $39.08 $40.00 $37.25
$30.00
$20.00
$10.00
$0.00 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power. (Revised 9/22/97) 97utilel #6
Average Monthly Commercial Cost Per Customer Municipal Light & Power - 1982-96
$817 $820 $786 $800 $758 $764 $755 $752 $758 $683 $690 $700 $627 $637 $596 $600 $496
$400
$200
$0 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power. (Revised 9/22/97) 97utilel #7 101 Average Residential Cost (cents per kWh) Municipal Light & Power - 1982-96
10.1 10.0 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.7 9.8 9.2 9.0 8.2 7.8 8.0 7.5 6.5 6.6 6.0 5.7 5.1
4.0
2.0
0.0 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power. (Revised 9/22/97) 97utilel #9
Average Commercial Cost (cents per kWh) Municipal Light & Power - 1982-96
8.3 8.3 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.2 7.0 6.7 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.1
4.1 4.0
2.0
0.0 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power. (Revised 10/10/97) 97utilel #9 102 Residential Electric Rates (750 kWh) Anchorage & Selected Cities - January 1997
Little Rock, AR $87.92 Homer (Alaska) Electric $83.72 Matanuska Electric $83.33 Los Angeles, CA $74.99 Golden Valley (Fairbanks) $71.65 Chugach (Anchorage) $71.14 ML&P (Anchorage) $70.34 Minneapolis, MN $60.59 Atlanta, GA $56.34 Seattle, WA $50.80 Washington, DC $50.48 Las Vegas NV $49.93 $20.00 $40.00 $60.00 $80.00 $100.00
Source: Survey by Chugach Electric Association, Anchorage, AK. (Revised 9/22/97) 97utilel #31
Commercial Electric Rates (12,500 kWh) Anchorage & Selected Cities - January 1997
Homer (Alaska) Electric $1,846 Little Rock, AR $1,778 Los Angeles, CA $1,735 Golden Valley (Fairbanks) $1,678 Matanuska Electric $1,596 ML&P (Anchorage) $1,529 Washington, DC $1,446 Chugach (Anchorage) $1,412 Las Vegas NV $1,198 Minneapolis, MN $1,112 Seattle, WA $972 Atlanta, GA $915
$0 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000
Source: Survey by Chugach Electric Association, Anchorage, AK. (Revised 9/22/97) 97utilel #26 103 104 Power Sales(Kwh) by Type ML&P and Chugach Electric - 1996
Street Lights 0.2% Residential Commercial 21.7% Street Lights 23.8% 0.6% Residential 16.9%
Other* 5.4%
Commercial 77.2%
Other* 54.3% ML&P: 856 Million KWH Chugach: 2.2 Billion KWH
Sources: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power; Chugach Electric Association. *Other includes sales to other utilities and government entities. (Revised 10/10/97) 97utilel #19
Power Sales Revenue by Type ML&P and Chugach Electric - 1996
Residential 34.3% Street Lights Street Lights 1.7% Residential 1.0% 20.8%
Other* 1.8%
Commercial 29.4% Commercial 75.7% Other* 35.3%
ML&P: $69.4 Million Chugach: $133.4 Million
Sources: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power; Chugach Electric Association. *Other includes sales to other utilities and government entities. (Revised 10/10/97) 97utilel #20 105 Residential Electrical Customers Chugach Electric Association 1970-96
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Revised 10/8/97) 97utilel #10
Commercial Electrical Customers Chugach Electric Association 1970-96
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Revised 10/8/97) 97utilel #13 106
Chugach Electric Association - Summary 1970 to 1996
Number of Customers MWH (KWH x 1000) Sales Monthly KWH Per Customer Year Commercial Residential Commercial Residential Commercial Residential 1970 1,295 19,460 91,696 172,182 5,901 737 1971 1,541 21,724 111,144 206,021 6,010 790 1972 1,738 23,244 147,318 232,751 7,064 834 1973 2,007 24,237 176,783 244,643 7,340 841 1974 2,155 25,401 189,409 255,538 7,324 838
1975 2,325 27,598 208,284 306,490 7,465 925 1976 2,957 30,356 235,783 336,751 6,645 924 1977 3,481 33,183 259,093 385,416 6,203 968 1978 3,736 36,254 274,536 415,161 6,124 954 1979 3,887 36,665 289,115 419,640 6,198 954
1980 3,920 36,504 312,446 448,118 6,642 1,023 1981 4,015 37,642 310,541 439,940 6,445 974 1982 4,282 40,094 337,089 483,622 6,560 1,005 1983 4,654 44,335 372,046 483,846 6,662 909 1984 5,265 49,509 375,601 486,357 5,945 819
1985 5,836 52,806 444,700 510,026 6,350 805 1986 6,355 54,802 434,671 479,447 5,700 729 1987 6,400 54,409 419,784 439,965 5,466 674 1988 6,533 53,888 429,499 458,895 5,479 710 1989 6,765 53,820 446,106 459,730 5,495 712
1990 7,032 53,800 462,552 458,054 5,482 710 1991 7,213 53,966 466,202 447,931 5,386 692 1992 7,247 54,302 470,605 456,388 5,411 700 1993 7,315 55,150 484,465 453,487 5,519 685 1994 7,388 55,956 506,707 461,964 5,715 688
1995 7,478 57,269 520,057 469,580 5,795 683 1996 7,550 58,089 527,006 480,634 5,817 690
Source: Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Revised 10/10/97) 107 Average Residential kWh Usage Per Month Chugach Electric Association 1970-96
1,100
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Revised 10/8/97) 97utilel #11
Average Commercial kWh Usage Per Month Chugach Electric Association 1970-96
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Revised 10/8/97) 97utilel #12 108 Millions kwh Residential Electricity Sold ML&P and Chugach - 1996 by Month
80.0
69.2 66.7 61.6 58.5 60.0 56.6 51.9 50.5 44.7 43.7 41.4 41.0 42.9 40.0
20.0
0.0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ML&P 15.3 15.5 13.0 12.0 11.0 10.4 9.5 10.1 11.0 11.5 13.0 15.6 Chugach 53.9 46.1 45.5 39.8 33.7 31.0 31.6 32.7 32.7 39.0 43.5 51.0
Sources: Municipality of Anchorage, Municipal Light & Power; Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Revised 10/10/97) 97utilel #36
Average Monthly Gas & Electric Costs Typical* Anchorage Home - 1997
Water Heater Kitchen Appliances Furnace Fan $12.55 27% $27.24 37% $15.69 21% Service Charge $4.50 10% Service Charge $6.25 9% Central Heat Entertainment** Washer & Dryer $29.00 63% Lights $5.20 7% $12.01 16% $7.08 10%
Total Gas Costs: $46.05 Total Electric Costs: $73.48
Source: Chugach Electric Association, Inc. *Based on an 1,800 square foot home with a forced air natural gas furnace with continuous ventilation. **Entertainment usage is based on a color television, VCR, stereo and personal computer. (Revised 10/14/97) 97utilel #36 109 Annual Volume of Gas and Customers Southcentral Alaska* - 1996
Residential 34%
Commercial Residential Power/Indus 27% 81,482 8 Other Commercial 6% 12,636 Military Military Power Generation 11% 2 23%
Volume of Gas: Year End Customers: 47.8 Billion Cubic Feet 94,128
Source: ENSTAR Natural Gas Company. *Includes Anchorage, Eagle River, Turnagain Arm, Mat-Su Borough and Kenai Peninsula. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #40
Natural Gas Customers (1,000s) Southcentral Alaska* - Annual Average 1980-96 100.0 92.8 90.9 89.0 90.0 85.5 87.1 83.6 80.4 81.8 78.2 79.3 80.0 76.3 72.2 70.0 63.7
60.0 55.8 48.9 50.0 44.1 40.8 40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Source: ENSTAR Natural Gas Company. *Includes Anchorage, Eagle River, Turnagain Arm, Mat-Su Borough and Kenai Peninsula. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #38 110 Average Residential Natural Gas Prices Per Therm* Anchorage & U.S. Cities - June 1996
New York, NY 0.83 San Diego, CA 0.77 Atlanta, GA 0.71 Phoenix, AZ 0.70 San Francisco, CA 0.70 Chicago, IL 0.65 Seattle, WA 0.54 Dallas, TX 0.51 Minneapolis, MN 0.50 Memphis, TN 0.47 Denver, CO 0.39 Anchorage, AK** 0.38
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 Source: Enstar Natural Gas, Anchorage, AK. *100 cubic feet of natural gas. **Anchorage price is based on January 1997. (Revised 10/2/97) 97util #17
Average Commercial Natural Gas Prices Per Therm* Anchorage & U.S. Cities - June 1996
Atlanta, GA 0.68 New York, NY 0.68 Chicago, IL 0.50 Phoenix, AZ 0.49 Dallas, TX 0.49 Seattle, WA 0.49 Memphis, TN 0.47 San Francisco, CA 0.46 San Diego, CA 0.46 Minneapolis, MN 0.45 Denver, CO 0.35 Anchorage, AK* 0.30
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 Source: Enstar Natural Gas, Anchorage, AK. *100 cubic feet of natural gas. **Anchorage price is based on January 1997. (Revised 10/2/97) 97util #19 111
Residential & Commercial Gas Prices Per Therm Anchorage & Other Cities - June 1996
Residential Price Commercial Price 100 200 Avg. Price 5,000 10,000 Avg. Price City Company Therms Therms Per Therm Therms Therms Per Therm Anchorage, AK* Enstar 39.81 75.09 0.38 1,531 3,021 0.30 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Gas Light 76.94 137.22 0.71 3,426 6,760 0.68 Chicago, IL Peoples Gas & Light 72.76 122.26 0.65 2,610 4,838 0.50
Dallas, TX Lone Star 52.89 100.27 0.51 2,439 4,852 0.49 Denver, CO Public Serv. Of Col. 41.56 76.28 0.39 1,732 3,451 0.35 Memphis, TN Memphis Gas 48.84 91.24 0.47 2,358 4,710 0.47
Minneapolis, MN Minnegasco 51.60 98.04 0.50 2,261 4,486 0.45 New York, NY NY State Elec & Gas 92.31 155.30 0.83 3,430 6,760 0.68 Phoenix, AZ Southwest Gas 72.31 138.62 0.70 2,488 4,868 0.49
San Diego, CA San Diego Gas & Elec 75.35 154.54 0.77 2,497 4,355 0.46 San Francisco, CAPacific Gas & Electric 68.45 140.41 0.70 2,307 4,600 0.46 Seattle, WA Washington Natural Gas 55.64 106.63 0.54 2,431 4,852 0.49
Source: Enstar Natural Gas, Anchorage, AK. *Price is based on January 1997. (Revised 10/14/97)
ACCRA Cost of Living Index - Utilities Anchorage & Selected U.S. Cities - 2nd Quarter -1996
Juneau, AK 166.0 Fairbanks, AK 148.9 Boston MA 135.5 Oklahoma City, OK 118.4 Phoenix, AZ 109.8 ANCHORAGE, AK 104.8 Little Rock, AR 104.8 San Diego, CA 99.7 Minneapolis, MN 98.8 Dallas, TX 98.8 Reno-Sparks, NV 97.0 Washington, DC 93.0 Salt Lake City, UT 86.9 Billings, MT 83.0 Cheyenne, WY 81.9 Portland, OR 81.8 Memphis, TN 77.6 Boise, ID 75.7 Las Vegas, NV 74.8 Denver, CO 72.9 Spokane, WA 61.1
0.0 50.0 100.0 150.0 Source: ACCRA Cost of Living Index, Louisville, Kentucky. (Revised 3/26/97)
97 ACCRA #3 112
% Occupied Housing Units With Natural Gas Heat Anchorage Community Councils - 1990
Hillside E/Glen Alps 97% Old Seward/Oceanv. 97% Huffman O'Malley 96% Tudor Area 96% Scenic Park Area 95% Abbott Loop 94% Mid-Hillside 93% Rogers Park 93% Airport Heights 91% Bayshore - Klatt 90% Sand Lake 88% Eagle River/Chugiak 88% Turnagain 85% Northeast (Muldoon) 84% North Star 83% Rabbit Cr/Bear Valley 82% Taku - Campbell 82% Anchorage Average 82% South Addition 81% Government Hill 81% University/Basher 78% Russian Jack Park 78% Spenard 76% Mountain View 75% Campbell Park 74% Fairview 67% Downtown 60% Military Bases 31% Girdwood/Indian 0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Ccvert #61 113 Monthly Winter Residential Natural Gas Cost Anchorage & U.S. Cities - December 1995 - February 1996
New York, NY $240
Atlanta, GA $105
Minneapolis, MN $103
Chicago, IL $101
Anchorage, AK* $94
Seattle, WA $79
Dallas, TX $77
Denver, CO $51
Phoenix, AZ $41
San Diego, CA $31
$0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250
Source: Enstar Natural Gas, Anchorage, AK. (Revised 10/2/97) 97util #18
Residential Natural Gas Usage & Cost Anchorage & Other Cities - December 1995 through February 1996
Avg. Annual Residential Use Dec. 95-Feb. 96 Heating Therms Avg. Cost Avg. Mo. City Company Degree Days Used Per Therm Cost Anchorage, AK Enstar 10,570 830 0.34 94.07 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Gas Light 2,991 585 0.54 105.30 Chicago, IL Peoples Gas & Light 6,536 704 0.43 100.91
Dallas, TX Lone Star 2,407 442 0.52 76.61 Denver, CO Public Serv. of Col. 6,020 355 0.43 50.88 Memphis, TN Memphis Gas 3,082 N/A N/A N/A
Minneapolis, MN Minnegasco 7,981 641 0.48 102.56 New York, NY NY State Elec & Gas 5,027 900 0.80 240.00 Phoenix, AZ Southwest Gas 1,350 177 0.70 41.30
San Diego, CA San Diego Gas & Elec 1,256 147 0.64 31.36 San Francisco, CA Pacific Gas & Electric 3,016 N/A N/A N/A Seattle, WA Washington Natural Gas 4,908 453 0.52 78.52
Sources: Enstar Natural Gas, Anchorage, AK., except average annual heating degree days which was from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Revised 10/14/97) 114 Water & Wastewater Customers* Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility - 1988-96
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility. *Note: Customers = number of accounts billed. (Revised 10/16/97) 97util #26 Water & Wastewater Utility Customers* & Revenues Anchorage 1982-96
Water Utility Wastewater Utility Average Customer Average Average Customer Average Number of Sales Revenue Number of Sales Revenue Year Customers Revenue ($) Per Customer Customers Revenue ($) Per Customer 1982 - 6,435,177 - - 10,558,087 - 1983 - 7,486,123 - - 12,792,821 - 1984 - 11,563,884 - - 15,459,331 -
1985 - 12,195,245 - - 17,040,879 - 1986 - 13,887,448 - - 17,337,641 - 1987 - 15,776,811 - - 18,099,805 - 1988 38,931 15,955,739 410 42,745 17,112,124 400 1989 39,915 19,548,329 490 42,775 18,655,275 436
1990 39,960 20,802,624 521 43,731 19,253,300 440 1991 41,224 21,371,341 518 44,745 20,293,938 454 1992 41,938 22,824,385 544 45,131 21,083,804 467 1993 42,982 23,285,287 542 45,910 21,906,487 477 1994 44,085 23,524,485 534 46,782 21,469,883 459
1995 44,712 23,371,088 523 47,374 21,565,759 455 1996 45,468 23,661,044 520 47,902 22,017,592 460
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility. *Note: Customer = number of accounts billed. (Revised 10/16/97) 115 Water & Wastewater Sales Revenue Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility - 1982-96 Millions $25.0
$20.0
$15.0
$10.0
$5.0
$0.0 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Sewer $10.6 $12.8 $15.5 $17.0 $17.3 $18.1 $17.1 $18.7 $19.3 $20.3 $21.1 $21.9 $21.5 $21.6 $22.0 Water $6.4 $7.5 $11.6 $12.2 $13.9 $15.8 $16.0 $19.5 $20.8 $21.4 $22.8 $23.3 $23.5 $23.4 $23.7
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #30
Daily Gallons (Millions) Water & Wastewater Treated Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility - 1989-96 35.0
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Water 18.6 21.7 21.6 22.3 24.0 25.6 24.6 25.1 Wastewater 32.4 34.8 33.0 32.6 30.0 31.0 30.6 30.7
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #28 116 Miles of Water & Wastewater Lines Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility - 1989-96 800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Water 622 650 655 670 674 680 743 748 Wastewater 638 644 655 664 670 676 677 678
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #29
Water & Wastewater Monthly Single-Family Rates Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility - 1986-96
$25.00
$20.00
$15.00
$10.00
$5.00
$0.00 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Water $15.65 $19.60 $18.25 $23.35 $23.35 $24.75 $24.75 $24.75 $24.75 $25.80 $25.80 Wastewater $15.85 $15.85 $18.85 $18.85 $20.15 $21.10 $21.65 $21.65 $21.65 $21.80 $21.80
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #30 117 Water Production by Source Anchorage - 1996 Wells 33.7% 3.1 Billion Gal
Eklutna WTF* 41.5% 3.8 Billion Gal
Ship Creek WTF* 24.8% 2.3 Billion Gal
Total Production: 9.2 Billion Gallons
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility. * WTF = Water Treatment Facility. (Revised 9/29/97) 97util #24
Water & Sewer Rates Anchorage & Selected Alaska Utilities - March 1997
College Utilities (Fairbanks) $46.72
Eklutna Utilities (Eagle River $35.15
Norfolk Utilities (Eagle River) $30.40
Fairbanks Municipal Utilities $28.36 Water Rates
Anchorage Water & Wastewater $25.93
City/Borough of Juneau $19.00
College Utilities (Fairbanks) $42.17
City/Borough of Juneau $35.30
Fairbanks Municipal Utilities $24.74 Sewer Rates Anchorage Water & Wastewater $21.91
$0.00 $10.00 $20.00 $30.00 $40.00 $50.00 $60.00 Source: Compiled by Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility staff. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #34 118 119
% Housing Units With Public Water Anchorage Community Councils - 1990
Airport Heights 100% Downtown 100% Fairview 100% South Addition 100% Military Bases 99% Rogers Park 99% Government Hill 99% Turnagain 99% Tudor Area 99% Mountain View 99% Scenic Park Area 99% Campbell Park 98% Russian Jack Park 97% Spenard 95% North Star 94% Old Seward/Oceanv. 93% Taku - Campbell 92% University/Basher 92% Northeast (Muldoon) 91% Sand Lake 91% Anchorage Average 86% Bayshore - Klatt 86% Abbott Loop 86% Girdwood/Indian 67% Eagle River/Chugiak 56% Huffman O'Malley 42% Mid-Hillside 32% Rabbit Cr/Bear Valley 6% Hillside E/Glen Alps 1%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Ccvert #59 120
% Housing Units With Public Sewer Anchorage Community Councils - 1990
Airport Heights 100% Downtown 100% Rogers Park 100% Tudor Area 100% Turnagain 100% Mountain View 100% Military Bases 100% South Addition 100% Fairview 100% Government Hill 99% Spenard 99% Taku - Campbell 99% Russian Jack Park 99% Northeast (Muldoon) 99% Scenic Park Area 98% North Star 98% Campbell Park 97% Bayshore - Klatt 95% University/Basher 95% Old Seward/Oceanv. 95% Abbott Loop 93% Sand Lake 93% Anchorage Average 87% Girdwood/Indian 69% Eagle River/Chugiak 46% Huffman O'Malley 42% Rabbit Cr/Bear Valley 4% Mid-Hillside 4% Hillside E/Glen Alps 2%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Ccvert #60 121 Refuse Tons (1,000s) Collected Anchorage Refuse, Inc. - 1984-96 140.0 128.5 130.1 122.6 125.3 118.8 116.1 117.9 115.4 120.0 112.6 112.3 111.9 107.0 108.3 100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Anchorage Refuse, Inc. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #3
Anchorage Refuse Customers & Tons Collected 1984-1996
Number of Customers Tons Year Residential Business Roll-Off Total Collected 1984 18,748 3,136 443 22,327 106,969
1985 20,166 3,310 332 23,808 112,625 1986 21,295 3,451 342 25,088 112,256 1987 21,806 3,297 307 25,410 116,148 1988 21,539 3,141 282 24,962 108,308 1989 20,994 2,979 230 24,203 111,850
1990 21,589 3,066 241 24,896 117,922 1991 22,391 3,137 239 25,767 115,446 1992 22,975 3,162 240 26,377 118,804 1993 23,414 3,163 251 26,828 122,611 1994 24,355 3,180 281 27,816 128,526
1995 25,199 3,354 283 28,836 130,070 1996 25,665 3,271 300 29,236 125,305
Source: Anchorage Refuse, Inc. 122 MOA Refuse Utility Customers & Revenue Anchorage - 1982-1996
Average Customer Average Number of Sales Revenue Year Customers Revenue ($) Per Customer 1982 12,400 3,462,347 279 1983 11,961 4,311,860 360 1984 11,923 5,028,780 422
1985 11,599 5,081,607 438 1986 11,750 5,746,245 489 1987 11,656 5,199,541 446 1988 11,332 4,686,782 414 1989 11,216 4,858,141 433
1990 11,467 5,076,796 443 1991 11,561 5,410,924 468 1992 11,562 5,485,513 474 1993 11,617 5,494,470 473 1994 10,914 5,664,961 519
1995 11,475 5,753,196 501 1996 11,263 5,843,766 519
Source: Municipality of Anchorage. (Revised 10/10/97)
Pounds Hazardous Waste Received Municipality of Anchorage - 1989-96 1,200,000 1,103,955 1,028,694 989,790 1,000,000 941,629 956,586 904,147
800,000
600,000 539,238
388,452 400,000
200,000
0 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 # Pounds 388,452 539,238 904,147 989,790 1,103,955 941,629 1,028,694 956,586 Customers 2,246 2,541 3,228 3,859 5,148 5,410 8,129 7,121
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Solid Waste Services Department. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #10 123 Waste Hauled by Source Municipality of Anchorage - 1996
Anch. Refuse Inc. Girdwood 38.5% 0.2% Weighed Cash 13% MOA No Charge 29% Other Autos/Pickups 15% 31.7% Permit Accounts 43% MOA Refuse 13.4% Military Eagle River 12.6% 3.5%
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Solid Waste Services Department. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #13
Tons (1,000s) Solid Waste Disposed Municipality of Anchorage - 1973-96 350 326
293 300 287 284 285 280 276 263 261 247 250 250 237 231 221 222 199 200 168 156 161 162 161 150 135 119 112 100
50
0 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96* Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Solid Waste Services Department. *Includes 26,146 tons evcavated from former Merrill Field landfill and hauled to Anchroage Regional Landfill. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #8 124 Monthly Residential Refuse Collection Rates Anchorage & Alaska Cities - August 1994
Wasilla Refuse $28.05
Arrow Refuse (Juneau) $22.38
Peninsula Sanit. (Girdwood) $21.37
Eagle River Refuse $16.42
Anchorage Refuse, Inc. $15.71
MOA Refuse Collection $15.00
Peninsula Sanitation (Kenai) $14.59
$0.00 $5.00 $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $30.00
Source: Survey by Municipality of Anchorage, Solid Waste Services Department. 97util #15
Solid Waste Commercial Disposal Cost Per Ton Anchorage & Northwest Cities - August 1994
City of Spokane, WA $90
Snohomish County, WA $89
City of Seattle, WA $83
King County, WA $72
City of Portland, OR $50
Municipality of Anchorage $45
$0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100
Source: Survey by Municipality of Anchorage, Solid Waste Services Department. 97util #14 125 126
Tons of Solid Waste Disposed Anchorage Municipal Landfill - 1973 to 1996
Waste to Waste to Anchorage Anchorage Total Total Total Bowl Transfer Reg. Landfill Civilian Fort Elmendorf Military Anchorage Year Station In Eagle River Waste Richardson AFB Waste Waste 1973 112,310 112,310 - - - 112,310 1974 116,667 2,127 118,795 - - - 118,795
1975 132,044 2,888 134,932 - - - 134,932 1976 152,846 2,858 155,703 - - - 155,703 1977 158,215 2,486 160,701 - - - 160,701 1978 168,330 - 168,330 - - - 168,330 1979 161,619 - 161,619 - - - 161,619
1980 161,041 - 161,041 - - - 161,041 1981 198,521 407 198,928 - - - 198,928 1982 227,391 9,276 236,667 - - - 236,667 1983 265,830 20,902 286,733 - - - 286,733 1984 263,425 20,094 283,519 - - - 283,519
1985 245,854 17,108 262,963 - - - 262,963 1986 231,490 15,239 246,729 - - - 246,729 1987 205,009 14,894 219,904 794 - 794 220,698 1988 182,893 28,196 211,089 11,132 - 11,132 222,222 1989 191,922 28,742 220,664 10,272 - 10,272 230,936
1990 197,345 42,348 239,693 10,726 - 10,726 250,419 1991 193,394 50,934 244,328 16,665 - 16,665 260,993 1992 205,833 59,791 265,624 12,355 1,827 14,182 279,806 1993 206,662 45,101 251,763 15,115 8,662 23,777 275,540 1994 205,616 52,451 258,067 17,938 9,245 27,183 285,250
1995 208,397 58,003 266,400 17,622 8,628 26,250 292,650 1996* 205,961 78,522 284,513 33,539 7,616 41,155 325,668
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, Solid Waste Services. *Note: Includes 26,146 tons excavated from former Merrill Field Landfill and hauled to Anchorage Regional Landfill which is located in Eagle River. (Revised 10/3/97) 127 Composition of Recycled Material (By Weight) Anchorage - 1996
Cardboard Mixed waste 43% Phone books 8% 8% Glass 17% Alum. cans 17% Other 12% Magazines 58% Metal* Office paper 9% Newsprint 11% 17%
Total tons recycled: 21,651
Source: Anchorage Refuse, Inc. *Nonferrous metals. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #6
Tons of Refuse Recycled Anchorage Recycling Center 1980-96 25,000 22,482 21,584 21,652
20,000 19,131
17,205 17,432
14,780 15,000
11,112
10,000 9,053
5,992
5,000 4,044 2,737 1,928 1,362 1,534 547 655 0 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Source: Anchorage Recycling Center. Includes newspaper, cardboard, office paper, computer paper clear glass, brown glass, tin cans, aluminum cans, copper, brass, aluminum scrap, plastic milk jugs, phone books and magazines. Does not include cardboard recycled by major retailers, or scrap metal such as crushed vehicles. (Revised 10/3/97) 97util #4 128