IOU · California · EIA 17612
Bear Valley Electric Service
IOU · California · 25K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 272 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Bear Valley Electric Service shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 115 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (272 minutes including them) across 25K customers.
- 272 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.31
- SAIFI 2023
- 115 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 25K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Bear Valley Electric Service filings show
Bear Valley Electric Service is an investor-owned utility operating in California under EIA identifier 17612. It reports service to approximately 24,773 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 7 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 Bear Valley Electric Service customer experienced 271.6 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 3.31, putting the typical customer at roughly 3 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 114.5 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 271.6 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Bear Valley Electric Service's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI dropped from 425.4 to 271.6 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.
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.
272 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 Bear Valley Electric Service from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Bear Valley Electric Service SAIDI trend
Bear Valley Electric Service vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
272 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 32% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more utilities. 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 U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Bear Valley Electric Service sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Bear Valley Electric Service charges more per customer than 4% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 35% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less and is less reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,677/year · Latest SAIDI: 271.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 271.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 425.4 | 55.3 | 4.560 | 24,480 |
| 2021 | 398.3 | 93.1 | 5.660 | 24,607 |
| 2022 | 1075.6 | 119.0 | 3.831 | 24,695 |
| 2023 | 271.6 | 114.5 | 3.311 | 24,728 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Bear Valley Electric Service serves 7 ZIP codes in California.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Bear Valley Electric Service?
Bear Valley Electric Service had a SAIDI of 271.6 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 114.5 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Bear Valley Electric Service?
Bear Valley Electric Service is classified as a IOU serving California.
How many customers does Bear Valley Electric Service serve?
Bear Valley Electric Service serves approximately 24,773 customers in California.
How has Bear Valley Electric Service's reliability changed over time?
Bear Valley Electric Service has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- IOU
- State
- California
- Customers
- 24,773
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 17612
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Bear Valley Electric Service. 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 (25K here), outside California.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (271.6 here), outside California, 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.