Municipal · North Carolina · EIA 232

City of Albemarle - (NC)

Municipal · North Carolina · 13K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2022 shows SAIDI 58 minutes/customer.

Reliability verdict

City of Albemarle - (NC) shows above-average chronic reliability in 2022: 45 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 13K customers.

58 min
SAIDI 2022
0.56
SAIFI 2022
45 min
SAIDI ex-MED
13K
Customers

Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.

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Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).

What short-outage City of Albemarle - (NC) filings show

City of Albemarle - (NC) is a municipally-owned utility operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 232. It reports service to approximately 13,039 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 2 ZIP codes. As a municipal utility, it is typically governed by a local board or city council and is exempt from federal income tax.

In 2022, the average City of Albemarle - (NC) customer experienced 57.6 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.56, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 44.5 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 57.6 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

City of Albemarle - (NC) has 3 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2022), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 264.5 to 57.6 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.

B+
Reliability Score
79/100
City of Albemarle - (NC) · 3 of 3 dimensions reported

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.

Baseline Reliability B+ 44.5 min/yr
SAIDI excluding major-event days — day-to-day grid performance
Total Outage Duration A- 57.6 min/yr
SAIDI including storms and major events — the full-year experience
Outage Frequency A- 0.56/yr
SAIFI — average number of interruptions per customer per year
SAIDI vs. national mean (341 min) 7.7%

58 minutes per customer per year

City of Albemarle - (NC) SAIDI

Annual minutes without electric service (2022)

58 SAIDI58 SAIDINat. avg 341341SAIDI58SAIDI

Excellent

SAIDI by year (2020-2022)

Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861

Year-by-year SAIDI for City of Albemarle - (NC) from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.

Source: U.S. EIA Form 861 As of August 2026

City of Albemarle - (NC) SAIDI trend

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 2020 2021 2022 264.5 69 57.6
Year-by-year SAIDI from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.

City of Albemarle - (NC) vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution

Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure

58 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 79% 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

SAIDI 2022 breakdown: 57.6 minutes

Reliability Trend (2020–2022)

Year SAIDI (min) SAIDI nMED SAIFI Customers
2020 264.5 51.1 0.820 11,821
2021 69.0 49.9 0.730 11,821
2022 57.6 44.5 0.560 12,412

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

Service Area

City of Albemarle - (NC) serves 2 ZIP codes in North Carolina.

2800128002

Frequently Asked Questions

How reliable is City of Albemarle - (NC)?

City of Albemarle - (NC) had a SAIDI of 57.6 minutes in 2022. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.

What type of utility is City of Albemarle - (NC)?

City of Albemarle - (NC) is classified as a Municipal serving North Carolina.

How many customers does City of Albemarle - (NC) serve?

City of Albemarle - (NC) serves approximately 13,039 customers in North Carolina.

How has City of Albemarle - (NC)'s reliability changed over time?

City of Albemarle - (NC) has 3 years of reliability data (2020-2022). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.

Utility Profile

Type
Municipal
Customers
13,039
Annual Revenue
$0.03B
EIA ID
232

Utilities with similar EIA profiles

Two cross-state peer sets for City of Albemarle - (NC). 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 (13K here), outside North Carolina.

Similar chronic SAIDI

Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (57.6 here), outside North Carolina, 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.