profit percentage (profit divided by cost) = $50/$100 = 50% profit percentage. R.O.I. (return on investment) multiple = $50/$100 (profit divided by cost). If your revenue is the same as your cost, that doesn't equate to 100% return on investment, it equates to 0%. The result above or below 100% can be calculated as the percentage of return on investment.
1Cost for Electricity quoted at $05.794 per kWh (for first 600 kWh), then at $06.9 per kWh for up to 700 additional kWh, and cost of $08.254 per kWh for all electricity over 1300 kWh, quoted by Avista Utilities. Chart uses average of 700 kWh. 2Cost for Natural Gas quoted at $.85 per therm (at the meter) by Avista Utilities. 3Cost for No. 2 Heating Oil based on average cash price for minimum delivery of 150 gallons, (updated 10/10/2011). 4Cost for Liquid Propane based on cash price and minimum delivery of 120 gallons.
The service territory covers 30,000 square miles (78,000 km2) in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and parts of southern and eastern Oregon, with a population of 1.5 million. Avista Utilities is the regulated business unit of Avista Corp., an investor-owned corporation headquartered in Spokane, Washington. Avista Corp.'s primary, non-utility subsidiary was Ecova, an energy and sustainability management company with over 700 expense management customers, representing more than 600,000 sites. In 2014 Ecova was sold to Cofely, a subsidiary of GDF Suez.