Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.

What This Utility Data Tells You

Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. is an investor-owned utility operating in Alaska under EIA identifier 213. It reports service to approximately 17,701 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 8 ZIP codes. Investor ownership puts this utility under the regulatory authority of the state public utility commission, which reviews its rate requests and reliability record.

In 2023, the average Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. customer experienced 74.0 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.94 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 74.0 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 74.0 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.'s reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 574.0 down to 74.0 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes. Note: this figure is unusually low compared to typical U.S. utility performance and may reflect an incomplete EIA filing for this year rather than a genuine reliability improvement -- treat with caution and cross-check against Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.'s other reported years.