State · EIA Form 861 · NE
Nebraska
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, SAIDI and SAIFI for Nebraska utilities come from the federal annual survey. 15 utilities report reliability metrics; figures are customer-weighted state averages, not a guarantee for any single address.
Signature read: short chronic outage minutes relative to the 51-state Form 861 cohort (<=156 min tercile cut).
EIA Form 861 · Continuity Brief
Nebraska
EIA Form 861 Continuity Brief · August 2026 · IEEE 1366 SAIDI/SAIFI minutes, not a storm forecast.
Nebraska sits in the lower-third SAIDI band at 72.6 minutes across 15 reporting utilities (City of Grand Island - (NE) lowest at 11.9), under the live national mean of 341.
Named SAIDI peers (in-state best + nearest-state averages)
State SAIDI neighbourhood (minutes / customer-year)
- Nebraska 72.6
- District of Columbia 71.9
- South Dakota 83.4
- Colorado 99.4
- Rhode Island 104.6
- Iowa 105.2
Lower is fewer interruption minutes. Neighbours are nearest other-state averages in this corpus.
Nebraska 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)
15 Top 53% more reporting utilities than 47% 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 · Nebraska short-outage cohort
All 15 electric utilities in Nebraska with reliability data, sorted by 2023 SAIDI; statewide average sits in the lower-third Form 861 band.
Lowest-SAIDI utilities in Nebraska
Fewest outage minutes · live table sort
Top 10 Nebraska utilities by fewest outage minutes. Lower SAIDI is better - not a quality score beyond interruption duration.
Lowest-SAIDI utilities in Nebraska
| # | Utility | Type | SAIDI 2023 | SAIFI 2023 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Grand Island - (NE) | Municipal | 11.9 | 0.43 | 26,744 |
| 2 | Lincoln Electric System | Municipal | 19.1 | 0.30 | 150,322 |
| 3 | City of Hastings - (NE) | Municipal | 23.6 | 0.17 | 13,858 |
| 4 | Loup River Public Power Dist | Municipal | 26.5 | 0.50 | 20,547 |
| 5 | City of Fremont - (NE) | Municipal | 51.1 | 0.80 | 16,355 |
| 6 | Midwest Electric Member Corp - (NE) | Cooperative | 61.2 | 0.54 | 6,755 |
| 7 | Nebraska Public Power District | Municipal | 69.7 | 0.60 | 92,543 |
| 8 | Cornhusker Public Power Dist | Municipal | 76.4 | - | 10,356 |
| 9 | Omaha Public Power District | Municipal | 80.1 | 0.55 | 407,443 |
| 10 | Custer Public Power District | Municipal | 89.4 | 0.80 | 11,040 |
| 11 | Perennial Public Power Dist | Municipal | 128.1 | 1.01 | 7,658 |
| 12 | Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist | Municipal | 155.9 | 0.62 | 10,124 |
| 13 | Dawson Power District | Municipal | 158.5 | - | 23,408 |
| 14 | Southwest Public Power Dist | Municipal | 213.4 | 1.03 | 6,326 |
| 15 | Norris Public Power District | Municipal | 239.0 | 1.78 | 26,973 |
Nationwide states with similar utility inventory or customer scale
Cross-state peer sets for Nebraska (lower-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 (15 here).
Similar customer scale
Nearest states by summed customer accounts (830K here), excluding the headcount peer set.
Read with this Nebraska roster · short-outage band
- Lowest published SAIDI in Nebraska: City of Grand Island - (NE) (11.9 min)
- Highest published SAIDI in Nebraska: Norris Public Power District (239.0 min)
- Ownership mix here: Municipal leads (14 of 15 utilities) · national type means
- Nearest avg SAIDI: District of Columbia (71.9 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: South Dakota (83.4 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Colorado (99.4 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Rhode Island (104.6 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Iowa (105.2 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.