Catalina Island Statistics

Island Size	76 square miles
Annual Visitors	800,000
Total Island Population	3,696
Avalon City Population	3,127
City of Avalon Annual Budget	$15, 000,000
Two Harbors Population	150
Additional Population	U.S. Marine Center
Avalon Peak Visitor Day	6,400
Two Harbors Peak Visitor Day	4,700
Pebbly Beach Generating Station Worth	$11.217 million
Pebbly Beach Generating Station O&M	$5.38 million
Pebbly Beach Capital Expense Forecast	$24.085 million (from 2009)
Pebbly Beach Diesel Fuel Use	55,000 barrels
Pebbly Beach Diesel Fuel Cost (Annual)	$8,051,450 (@$146/barrel)
SCE Estimate for Gas & Water Business	$35 million
Island Stakeholders Estimate	$5 million
Number of Oil & Gas Ratepayers	1,800
PUC Authorized Gas Revenue Increase	$984,500 - - 06/07/08
Number of SCE Natural Gas Customer	1,325
Number of SCE Electricity Customers	2,400
Average Cost of Electricity	$.12 /kwh
Number of SCE Water Customers	1,900
Underground Gas Distribution System	6.5 miles
Miles of Coastline	48 miles
Capacity of Water Desalination Plant	132,000 gpd
Cost of Water	$6 per 1,000 gallons
Tier 1 (up to 2500 gallons):	$2000/AF*
Tier 2 (2501-10,000 gallons):	$5000/AF
Tier 3 (over 10,000 gallons):	$7200/AF
Capacity of Wastewater Treatment Plant	1.2 million gpd (Avalon)
Capacity of Wastewater Treatment Plant	57,000 gpd (Two Harbors)

* AF is an acre foot: An acre foot is the volume of one acre of surface area to a depth of one foot. Since the area of one acre is defined as 66 by 660 feet then the volume of an acre-foot is exactly 43,560 cubic feet. This is approximately 325,851 U.S. gallons.