Municipal Texas

City of Denton - (TX)

36min
SAIDI 2023
0.37
SAIFI 2023
62,556
Customers

What This Utility Data Tells You

City of Denton - (TX) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Texas under EIA identifier 5063. It reports service to approximately 62,556 customer accounts and generated about $0.20 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 8 ZIP codes. Being municipally owned, the utility answers to a local board or city council rather than a state commission, and carries a federal income tax exemption.

In 2023, the average City of Denton - (TX) customer experienced 35.8 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (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 0.37, putting the typical customer at roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 35.8 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 35.8 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for City of Denton - (TX), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 34.6 to 35.8 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.

SAIDI

36 min per year

Mean outage duration per year (2023)

SAIFI

0.37 interruptions/yr

Outage frequency (2023)

Customers

62,556

Customers across Texas

SAIDI vs. National Average (180 min) 9.0%

36 min/year per customer

City of Denton - (TX) SAIDI

Minutes without power per year (2023)

36 SAIDI36 SAIDINat. avg 120120SAIDI36SAIDI

Excellent

Reliability Trend (2020–2023)

Year SAIDI (min) SAIDI nMED SAIFI Customers
2020 34.6 34.6 0.630 58,143
2021 1150.7 41.4 - 57,597
2022 51.3 33.8 0.556 62,433
2023 35.8 35.8 0.370 65,183

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

Service Area

City of Denton - (TX) serves 8 ZIP codes in Texas.

7620176202762037620476205762077620876209

Frequently Asked Questions

How reliable is City of Denton - (TX)?

City of Denton - (TX) had a SAIDI of 35.8 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.

What type of utility is City of Denton - (TX)?

City of Denton - (TX) is classified as a Municipal serving Texas.

How many customers does City of Denton - (TX) serve?

City of Denton - (TX) serves approximately 62,556 customers in Texas.

How has City of Denton - (TX)'s reliability changed over time?

City of Denton - (TX) 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
Municipal
State
Texas
Customers
62,556
Annual Revenue
$0.20B
EIA ID
5063

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.