State · EIA Form 861 · WA
Washington
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, SAIDI and SAIFI for Washington utilities come from the federal annual survey. 26 utilities report reliability metrics; figures are customer-weighted state averages, not a guarantee for any single address.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 156 and 365 minute tercile cuts (51 states with averages).
EIA Form 861 · Continuity Brief
Washington
EIA Form 861 Continuity Brief · August 2026 · IEEE 1366 SAIDI/SAIFI minutes, not a storm forecast.
Washington sits mid-pack on SAIDI at 158.2 minutes across 26 EIA Form 861 utilities, spanning PUD No 1 of Franklin County lowest at 28.7 to Orcas Power & Light Coop highest at 1290.8.
Named SAIDI peers (in-state best + nearest-state averages)
State SAIDI neighbourhood (minutes / customer-year)
- Washington 158.2
- Florida 160.1
- Wyoming 156.2
- New Mexico 167.3
- Connecticut 168.7
- Nevada 138.7
Lower is fewer interruption minutes. Neighbours are nearest other-state averages in this corpus.
Washington 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)
26 Top 27% more reporting utilities than 73% 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
All 26 electric utilities in Washington with reliability data, sorted by 2023 SAIDI (fewest outage minutes first).
Lowest-SAIDI utilities in Washington
Fewest outage minutes · live table sort
Top 10 Washington utilities by fewest outage minutes. Lower SAIDI is better - not a quality score beyond interruption duration.
Lowest-SAIDI utilities in Washington
| # | Utility | Type | SAIDI 2023 | SAIFI 2023 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUD No 1 of Franklin County | Municipal | 28.7 | 0.37 | 29,428 |
| 2 | City of Tacoma - (WA) | Municipal | 55.2 | 0.60 | 196,833 |
| 3 | PUD No 2 of Grant County | Municipal | 74.6 | 0.48 | 55,012 |
| 4 | Benton Rural Electric Assn | Cooperative | 75.0 | 0.98 | 15,962 |
| 5 | PUD No 1 of Chelan County | Municipal | 76.4 | 0.58 | 49,579 |
| 6 | City of Richland - (WA) | Municipal | 77.5 | 1.01 | 27,048 |
| 7 | PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) | Municipal | 88.4 | 0.81 | 235,481 |
| 8 | Columbia Rural Elec Assn, Inc | Cooperative | 95.4 | 0.67 | 6,490 |
| 9 | City of Seattle - (WA) | Municipal | 95.7 | 0.60 | 503,221 |
| 10 | PUD No 1 of Cowlitz County | Municipal | 110.9 | 0.91 | 53,155 |
| 11 | PUD No 1 of Snohomish County | Municipal | 120.2 | 1.18 | 377,261 |
| 12 | PUD No 1 of Benton County | Municipal | 124.9 | 1.08 | 57,263 |
| 13 | PUD No 1 of Klickitat County | Municipal | 168.2 | 0.77 | 14,111 |
| 14 | Peninsula Light Company | Cooperative | 179.5 | 1.34 | 35,429 |
| 15 | PUD No 1 of Clallam County | Municipal | 202.0 | 0.80 | 33,931 |
| 16 | Puget Sound Energy Inc | IOU | 203.0 | 1.30 | 1,223,116 |
| 17 | City of Centralia - (WA) | Municipal | 208.6 | 1.68 | 10,701 |
| 18 | PUD No 1 of Okanogan County | Municipal | 211.6 | 1.21 | 22,018 |
| 19 | Inland Power & Light Company | Cooperative | 219.0 | 1.20 | 44,400 |
| 20 | PUD No 3 of Mason County | Municipal | 247.8 | 1.10 | 35,985 |
| 21 | PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor County | Municipal | 256.0 | 1.10 | 45,223 |
| 22 | PUD No 1 of Jefferson County | Municipal | 316.4 | 1.74 | 20,873 |
| 23 | Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 317.5 | 1.13 | 9,946 |
| 24 | Yakama Power | Cooperative | 402.0 | 1.47 | 2,298 |
| 25 | PUD No 1 of Lewis County | Municipal | 444.5 | 3.04 | 34,809 |
| 26 | Orcas Power & Light Coop | Cooperative | 1290.8 | 4.39 | 15,855 |
Nationwide states with similar utility inventory or customer scale
Two cross-state peer sets for Washington. Nearest-SAIDI neighbors stay in Read-with below; these neighborhoods compare EIA Form 861 headcount and summed customer accounts.
Similar utility headcount
Nearest states by reporting utility count (26 here).
Similar customer scale
Nearest states by summed customer accounts (3.2M here), excluding the headcount peer set.
Read with this Washington roster
- Lowest published SAIDI in Washington: PUD No 1 of Franklin County (28.7 min)
- Highest published SAIDI in Washington: Orcas Power & Light Coop (1290.8 min)
- Ownership mix here: Municipal leads (18 of 26 utilities) · national type means
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Florida (160.1 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Wyoming (156.2 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: New Mexico (167.3 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Connecticut (168.7 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Nevada (138.7 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.