Citizens Electric Co - (PA)

42min
SAIDI 2023
0.43
SAIFI 2023
7,080
Customers

What This Utility Data Tells You

Citizens Electric Co - (PA) is an investor-owned utility operating in Pennsylvania under EIA identifier 3597. It reports service to approximately 7,080 customer accounts and generated about $0.02 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 7 ZIP codes. As an investor-owned utility, it operates under state public utility commission oversight that reviews rate cases and reliability performance.

In 2023, the average Citizens Electric Co - (PA) customer experienced 42.4 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (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. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 0.43 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 29.0 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 42.4 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Citizens Electric Co - (PA), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 181.0 down to 42.4 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.

SAIDI

42 min per year

Mean outage duration per year (2023)

SAIFI

0.43 interruptions/yr

Average interruption count (2023)

Customers

7,080

Customers across Pennsylvania

SAIDI vs. National Average (180 min) 10.6%

42 minutes per customer per year

Citizens Electric Co - (PA) SAIDI

Minutes without power per year (2023)

42 SAIDI42 SAIDINat. avg 120120SAIDI42SAIDI

Excellent

Reliability Trend (2020–2023)

Year SAIDI (min) SAIDI nMED SAIFI Customers
2020 181.0 6.9 1.271 -
2021 130.3 25.6 1.620 -
2022 30.5 30.5 0.315 -
2023 42.4 29.0 0.435 -

SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.

Service Area

Citizens Electric Co - (PA) serves 7 ZIP codes in Pennsylvania.

17837178441784717855178571788317889

Frequently Asked Questions

How reliable is Citizens Electric Co - (PA)?

Citizens Electric Co - (PA) had a SAIDI of 42.4 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.

What type of utility is Citizens Electric Co - (PA)?

Citizens Electric Co - (PA) is classified as a IOU serving Pennsylvania.

How many customers does Citizens Electric Co - (PA) serve?

Citizens Electric Co - (PA) serves approximately 7,080 customers in Pennsylvania.

How has Citizens Electric Co - (PA)'s reliability changed over time?

Citizens Electric Co - (PA) 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
Pennsylvania
Customers
7,080
Annual Revenue
$0.02B
EIA ID
3597

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.

Every figure on PlainUtility is rendered directly from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Form 861 reliability data, no number is typed in by an editor. This utility's SAIDI/SAIFI figures are rendered directly from EIA Form 861 reliability files. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2020-2023.