IOU · New Jersey · EIA 963
Atlantic City Electric Co
IOU · New Jersey · 520K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 100 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Atlantic City Electric Co shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 53 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 520K customers.
- 100 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.66
- SAIFI 2023
- 53 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 520K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Atlantic City Electric Co filings show
Atlantic City Electric Co is an investor-owned utility operating in New Jersey under EIA identifier 963. It reports service to approximately 520,489 customer accounts and generated about $1.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 137 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 Atlantic City Electric Co customer experienced 100.0 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 0.66 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 53.0 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 100.0 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Atlantic City Electric Co, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 552.0 down to 100.0 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 Atlantic City Electric Co's other reported years.
Based on this utility's own EIA Form 861 reliability record -- baseline (major-event- excluded) outage duration, total outage duration, and outage frequency -- each benchmarked against every reporting utility nationwide. Not a measure of electricity rates or customer service, which this portal does not track.
100 outage minutes per customer annually
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Atlantic City Electric Co from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Atlantic City Electric Co SAIDI trend
Atlantic City Electric Co vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
100 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 66% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Atlantic City Electric Co sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Atlantic City Electric Co charges more per customer than 15% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 70% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,996/year · Latest SAIDI: 100.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 100.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 552.0 | 68.0 | 1.470 | 559,755 |
| 2021 | 64.0 | 54.0 | 0.710 | 562,986 |
| 2022 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 0.650 | 565,482 |
| 2023 | 100.0 | 53.0 | 0.660 | 568,002 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Atlantic City Electric Co serves 137 ZIP codes in New Jersey.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Atlantic City Electric Co?
Atlantic City Electric Co had a SAIDI of 100.0 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Atlantic City Electric Co?
Atlantic City Electric Co is classified as a IOU serving New Jersey.
How many customers does Atlantic City Electric Co serve?
Atlantic City Electric Co serves approximately 520,489 customers in New Jersey.
How has Atlantic City Electric Co's reliability changed over time?
Atlantic City Electric Co has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- IOU
- State
- New Jersey
- Customers
- 520,489
- Annual Revenue
- $1.04B
- EIA ID
- 963
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Atlantic City Electric Co. Same-state SAIDI neighbors stay in Read-with below; these neighborhoods are nearest other-state utilities with at least 10,000 reported customers.
Similar customer count
Nearest utilities by Form 861 customers (520K here), outside New Jersey.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (100.0 here), outside New Jersey, excluding the customer-peer set.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Form 861 annual electric power industry survey · ZIP service territory: OpenEI. Disclaimer: informational only, not professional advice. See full disclaimer · methodology.