State · EIA Form 861 · AK
Alaska
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, SAIDI and SAIFI for Alaska utilities come from the federal annual survey. 7 utilities report reliability metrics; figures are customer-weighted state averages, not a guarantee for any single address.
Signature read: long chronic outage minutes relative to the 51-state Form 861 cohort (>365 min tercile cut).
EIA Form 861 · Continuity Brief
Alaska
EIA Form 861 Continuity Brief · August 2026 · IEEE 1366 SAIDI/SAIFI minutes, not a storm forecast.
Alaska sits in the upper-third SAIDI band at 375.3 minutes across 8 reporting utilities (Homer Electric Assn Inc highest at 851.2), above the live national mean of 341.
Named SAIDI peers (in-state best + nearest-state averages)
State SAIDI neighbourhood (minutes / customer-year)
- Alaska 375.3
- Missouri 374.2
- Ohio 366.2
- North Dakota 364.7
- California 346.5
- Georgia 345.9
Lower is fewer interruption minutes. Neighbours are nearest other-state averages in this corpus.
Alaska vs all states by EIA Form 861 utility headcount
Where this state's reporting utility count sits among every state in the Form 861 file (coverage density, not reliability quality)
8 Top 71% more reporting utilities than 29% of 51 states
States, banded by electric utilities reporting on EIA Form 861
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EIA Form 861 · 2026-08-30
Utilities Ranked by Reliability · Alaska long-outage cohort
All 8 electric utilities in Alaska with reliability data, sorted by 2023 SAIDI; statewide average sits in the upper-third Form 861 band.
Lowest-SAIDI utilities in Alaska
Fewest outage minutes · live table sort
Top 7 Alaska utilities by fewest outage minutes. Lower SAIDI is better - not a quality score beyond interruption duration.
Lowest-SAIDI utilities in Alaska
| # | Utility | Type | SAIDI 2023 | SAIFI 2023 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. | IOU | 74.0 | 1.94 | 17,701 |
| 2 | Ketchikan Public Utilities | Municipal | 185.5 | 3.20 | 7,949 |
| 3 | Chugach Electric Assn Inc | Cooperative | 189.1 | 1.50 | 113,253 |
| 4 | Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc | Cooperative | 258.5 | 3.34 | 47,923 |
| 5 | Alaska Power and Telephone Co | IOU | 571.0 | 7.32 | 8,368 |
| 6 | Matanuska Electric Assn Inc | Cooperative | 606.7 | 3.24 | 69,809 |
| 7 | Homer Electric Assn Inc | Cooperative | 851.2 | 3.88 | 33,816 |
| 8 | Anchorage Municipal Light and Power | Municipal | - | - | - |
Nationwide states with similar utility inventory
Cross-state peer sets for Alaska (upper-third SAIDI band). Nearest-SAIDI neighbors stay in Read-with; these neighborhoods compare EIA Form 861 headcount and summed customer accounts.
Similar utility headcount
Nearest states by reporting utility count (8 here).
Read with this Alaska roster · long-outage band
- Lowest published SAIDI in Alaska: Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. (74.0 min)
- Highest published SAIDI in Alaska: Homer Electric Assn Inc (851.2 min)
- Ownership mix here: Cooperative leads (4 of 8 utilities) · national type means
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Missouri (374.2 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Ohio (366.2 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: North Dakota (364.7 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: California (346.5 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Georgia (345.9 min)
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Form 861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report, reliability · 2020-2023 State averages are rebuilt from utility filings in this portal DB; corpus ranks use headcount and customer sums.