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1.    Which utilities form should I use?

2.    If I don't have information should I leave it blank?

Form Questions

3.    What should I report for revenue (Item 4)?

4.    What are employer costs for fringe benefits (Items 6 and 7)?

5.    How should I report inventories (Items 10 and 11)?

6.    What if my kind of business is not listed (Item 18)?

7.    What if I have more than one kind of business (Item 18)?

8.    What if I don't know my revenue by class of customer (Item 19)?

9.    How should I report detail of sales, shipments, receipts, or revenue (Item 22)?

10.  Must I report sales in both dollars and percentages (Item 22)?

11.  What if I don't know my revenue by line (Item 22)?

12.  What if my revenue line is not listed (Item 22)?

13.  What is exported energy (Item 26)?

14.  What is cost of electricity (Item 26)?

15.  How is construction activity differentiated (Item 26)?

16.  Why is a certification required (Item 30)?

Answers

Sector Questions

1. Which utilities form should I use?

Please try to use the census form(s) you were mailed. Completing and submitting the forms you were mailed will expedite your response, and any TW-xxxxx form should be effective to provide information for any transportation or warehousing establishment. Please use the "Other..." category if necessary (for example, for Item 18 0r 22), and include any needed explanation of your response in the "Remarks" section (after Item 29).

If you need forms. Please contact us if you need replacement forms, additional forms for all of your establishments, or different forms for any non-UT establishments.

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2. If I don't have information should I leave it blank?

No. Please provide us with your best information. If information to complete an item is not available from your business records, please provide us with your best estimate of it. We find that your best estimate is much better than no information at all. If you do provide estimates, please use the "Remarks" section (after Item 29) to identify and explain them.

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3. What should I report for revenue (Item 4)?

Please report gross revenue from services provided, for the use of facilities, and from merchandise sold in 2002, whether or not payment was received in 2002. Please review your Information Sheet for examples of how to report revenues in Items 4 and 22.

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4. What are employer costs for fringe benefits (Items 6 and 7)?

Employer costs for fringe benefits are the costs of any benefits that employers provide but that are not required under Federal or state law. Examples include the cost of premiums an employer may pay for employees' life or health insurance benefits.

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5. How should I report inventories (Items 10 and 11)?

Inventories are the value of merchandise an establishment holds for resale, excluding any merchandise it has rented out and any merchandise it may hold but does not own. Report the market value of inventories using generally accepted accounting principles.

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6. What if my kind of business is not listed (Item 18)?

Please mark an "X" in the box next to "Other kind of business" at the end of the list, and briefly describe your establishment's principal business activity in the space near the box.

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7. What if I have more than one kind of business (Item 18)?

Please mark an "X" in the box that best describes the principal kind of business for your reporting establishment. "Principal" means the kind that generated the most receipts or revenue during calendar year 2002. If your principal business is not listed, please choose "Other kind of business" at the end of the list and briefly describe it in the space near the box.

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8. What if I don't know my revenue by class of customer (Item 19)?

If book figures are not available for your establishment, please provide us with your best estimate of the percentage of your total revenue to each applicable class of customer.

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9. How should I report detail of sales, shipments, receipts, or revenue (Item 22)?

Please report for each listed description that accounted for at least 1 percent of the establishment's total sales or revenue reported in Item 4. Please report figures in either whole dollars or whole percentages, and assure that total for all items reported equals the dollar amount reported in Item 4 or 100 percent, Also, please review your Information Sheet and census form information for Item 22 for more complete descriptions of how to report specific items.

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10. Must I report sales in both dollars and percentages (Item 22)?

No. Report dollars if your form only has space for dollar figures, and report either dollars or percents if your form has space for both dollars and percents (and see the "How to Report" information ahead of Item 4 and Item 22 of your form).

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11. What if I don't know my revenue by line (Item 22)?

If book figures are not available for your establishment, or for each revenue line, please provide us with your best estimate of the percentage of your total revenue for each applicable revenue line.

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12. What if my revenue line is not listed (Item 22)?

Please use the "All other revenue" space in Item 22 to provide information for any previously unlisted revenue line(s). Go to the end of the revenue line listings in Itme 22 and use the "All other revenue" space to estimate the total for all unlisted lines, and to describe and provide an estimate for each separate unlisted line.

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13. What is exported energy (Item 26)?

Exported energy is the combined amount of energy sent to customers in Canada and Mexico. The amount reported should be expressed as a percentage relative to the total revenue.

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14. What is cost of electricity (Item 26)?

Cost of electricity includes electricity purchased by conventional utilities as well as electricity purchased through contracts by power marketers that is intended for resale.

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15. How is construction activity differentiated (Item 26)?

Construction activity is differentiated by new construction (including renovations) and construction that involves maintenance and repairs on existing establishments.

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16. Why is a certification required (Item 30)?

Certification confirms the accuracy and time period for reported information, identifies the form's completion date, and provides a contact for use if the Census Bureau has any questions about the completed form.

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