City of Colorado Springs - (CO)

What This Utility Data Tells You

City of Colorado Springs - (CO) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Colorado under EIA identifier 3989. It reports service to approximately 253,193 customer accounts and generated about $0.48 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 50 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 Colorado Springs - (CO) customer experienced 45.9 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or 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. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.64, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 45.9 minutes; the difference from the headline 45.9 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for City of Colorado Springs - (CO), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 53.9 to 45.9 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.