Municipal · Washington · EIA 3295
City of Centralia - (WA)
Municipal · Washington · 11K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 209 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
City of Centralia - (WA) shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 57 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (209 minutes including them) across 11K customers.
- 209 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.68
- SAIFI 2023
- 57 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 11K
- 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 City of Centralia - (WA) filings show
City of Centralia - (WA) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Washington under EIA identifier 3295. It reports service to approximately 10,701 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 2 ZIP codes. Municipal ownership means a local board or city council typically oversees this utility, and it is exempt from federal income tax.
In 2023, the average City of Centralia - (WA) customer experienced 208.6 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, 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 1.68, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 57.1 minutes, and the spread against the headline 208.6 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for City of Centralia - (WA), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 76.8 to 208.6 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
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.
209 outage minutes per customer annually
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for City of Centralia - (WA) from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
City of Centralia - (WA) SAIDI trend
City of Centralia - (WA) vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
209 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 41% 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 City of Centralia - (WA) sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, City of Centralia - (WA) charges more per customer than 47% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 44% 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: $2,493/year · Latest SAIDI: 208.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 208.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 76.8 | 76.8 | 0.451 | 10,418 |
| 2021 | 232.0 | 79.3 | 2.039 | 10,539 |
| 2022 | 256.2 | 68.5 | 2.006 | 10,745 |
| 2023 | 208.6 | 57.1 | 1.675 | 10,745 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
City of Centralia - (WA) serves 2 ZIP codes in Washington.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is City of Centralia - (WA)?
City of Centralia - (WA) had a SAIDI of 208.6 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 57.1 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard measure of day-to-day reliability, the gap reflects a major storm that year, not chronic performance). Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is City of Centralia - (WA)?
City of Centralia - (WA) is classified as a Municipal serving Washington.
How many customers does City of Centralia - (WA) serve?
City of Centralia - (WA) serves approximately 10,701 customers in Washington.
How has City of Centralia - (WA)'s reliability changed over time?
City of Centralia - (WA) has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Municipal
- State
- Washington
- Customers
- 10,701
- Annual Revenue
- $0.03B
- EIA ID
- 3295
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for City of Centralia - (WA). 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 (11K here), outside Washington.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (208.6 here), outside Washington, 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.