Chart: Utility Stocks - Net Income Per Employee

Rob Zenilman submits: Normalized net income (includes the effect of taxes, but excludes any unusual items) per employee in the Utility sector for the most recently reported fiscal year ranged from $189,183 (TXU) down to -$80,244 (RRI), with a median value of $43,841

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			FY		Net Income
		FY	Net Income	# of	Per Employee
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	Employees	($000)
AEE	Ameren Corp.	12/31/05	$625	7,177
$87
AEP	American Electric	12/31/05	$816	19,630
$42
AES	AES Corp.	12/31/05	$892	30,000
$30
ATG	AGL Resources Inc.	12/31/05	$208	2,385
$87
ATO	Atmos Energy Corp.	09/30/05	$136	4,543
$30
AVA	Avista Corp.	12/31/05	$42	1,985
$21
AYE	Allegheny Energy I	12/31/05	$88	4,460
$20
BKH	Black Hills Corp.	12/31/05	$71	803
$88
CEG	Constellation Ener	12/31/05	$516	9,850
$52
CGC	Cascade Natural Ga	09/30/05	$11	375
$30
CHG	CH Energy Group In	12/31/05	$44	834
$53
CMS	CMS Energy Corp.	12/31/05	$304	8,713
$35
CNL	Cleco Corp.	12/31/05	$185	1,158
$160
CNP	Centerpoint Energy	12/31/05	$164	9,001
$18
CPK	Chesapeake Utiliti	12/31/05	$10	423
$25
CV	Central Vermont Pu	12/31/05	$0	529
$0
D	Dominion Resources	12/31/05	$1,010	N/A
N/A
DGAS	Delta Natural Gas	06/30/05	$5	152
$33
DQE	Duquesne Light Hol	12/31/05	$80	1,600
$50
DTE	DTE Energy Co.	12/31/05	$67	11,410
$6
DUK	Duke Energy Corp.	12/31/05	$1,591	20,400
$78
EAS	Energy East Corp.	12/31/05	$267	6,114
$44
ED	Consolidated Ediso	12/31/05	$671	14,537
$46
EDE	Empire District El	12/31/05	$23	851
$26
EGN	Energen Corp.	12/31/05	$169	1,500
$113
EIX	Edison Internation	12/31/05	$1,106	15,838
$70
EQT	Equitable Resource	12/31/05	$193	1,250
$155
ETR	Entergy Corp.	12/31/05	$955	14,066
$68
EWST	Energy West Inc.	06/30/05	$1	111
$12
FE	Firstenergy Corp.	12/31/05	$1,023	14,586
$70
FPL	FPL Group Inc.	12/31/05	$656	10,200
$64
GAS	Nicor Inc.	12/31/05	$88	3,700
$24
GMP	Green Mountain Pow	12/31/05	$10	195
$54
GXP	Great Plains Energ	12/31/05	$141	2,382
$59
HE	Hawaiian Electric	12/31/05	$126	3,383
$37
IDA	IdaCorp, Inc.	12/31/05	$54	1,993
$27
KMI	Kinder Morgan Inc.	12/31/05	$557	8,481
$66
KSE	KeySpan Corp.	12/31/05	$408	9,700
$42
LG	Laclede Group Inc.	09/30/05	$38	3,802
$10
LNT	Alliant Energy Cor	12/31/05	$247	5,239
$47
MDU	MDU Resources Grou	12/31/05	$263	10,030
$26
MGEE	MGE Energy Inc.	12/31/05	$32	746
$43
NFG	National Fuel Gas	09/30/05	$154	2,044
$75
NI	Nisource Inc.	12/31/05	$374	7,822
$48
NJR	New Jersey Resourc	09/30/05	$81	770
$105
NRG	NRG Energy Inc.	12/31/05	$128	3,682
$35
NST	NSTAR	12/31/05	$192	3,050
$63
NU	Northeast Utilitie	12/31/05	-$92	6,879
-$13
NWN	Northwest Natural	12/31/05	$57	1,305
$44
OGE	OGE Energy Corp.	12/31/05	$149	3,044
$49
OKE	ONEOK Inc.	12/31/05	$239	4,558
$52
ORA	Ormat Technologies	12/31/05	$12	733
$17
OTTR	Otter Tail Corp.	12/31/05	$52	3,259
$16
PCG	PG & E Corp.	12/31/05	$905	19,800
$46
PEG	Public Service Ent	12/31/05	$813	10,025
$81
PGL	Peoples Energy Cor	09/30/05	$83	2,182
$38
PGN	Progress Energy In	12/31/05	$434	11,600
$37
PNM	PNM Resources Inc.	12/31/05	$63	3,382
$19
PNW	Pinnacle West Capi	12/31/05	$222	7,300
$30
PNY	Piedmont Natural G	10/31/05	$102	2,124
$48
POM	Pepco Holdings Inc	12/31/05	$285	5,481
$52
PPL	PPL Corp.	12/31/05	$541	12,276
$44
PSD	Puget Energy Inc.	12/31/05	$148	5,300
$28
RGCO	RGC Resources Inc.	09/30/05	$3	137
$25
RRI	Reliant Energy Inc	12/31/05	-$295	3,675
-$80
SCG	SCANA Corp.	12/31/05	$254	5,628
$45
SEN	SEMCO Energy Inc.	12/31/05	$12	566
$21
SJI	South Jersey Indus	12/31/05	$51	636
$81
SO	Southern Co.	12/31/05	$1,366	25,554
$53
SRE	Sempra Energy	12/31/05	$934	13,420
$70
SRP	Sierra Pacific Res	12/31/05	$112	3,158
$36
STR	Questar Corp.	12/31/05	$333	2,105
$158
SUG	Southern Union Co.	12/31/05	$171	2,888
$59
SWX	Southwest Gas Corp	12/31/05	$43	4,940
$9
TE	TECO Energy Inc.	12/31/05	$82	4,998
$16
TXU	TXU Corp.	12/31/05	$1,441	7,615
$189
UIL	UIL Holdings Corp.	12/31/05	$34	2,865
$12
VVC	Vectren Corp.	12/31/05	$113	1,975
$57
WEC	Wisconsin Energy C	12/31/05	$289	5,445
$53
WGL	WGL Holdings Inc.	09/30/05	$103	1,868
$55
WPS	WPS Resources Corp	12/31/05	$110	2,945
$37
WR	Westar Energy Inc.	12/31/05	$122	2,191
$56
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc.	12/31/05	$420	9,781
$43

Data: CapitalIQ

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