SAIDI
14 min per year
Average outage minutes (2023)
What This Utility Data Tells You
City of Elk River is a municipally-owned utility operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 5773. It reports service to approximately 13,232 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 1 ZIP code. 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 Elk River customer experienced 14.1 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.17, putting the typical customer at roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 5.8 minutes; the difference from the headline 14.1 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 Elk River, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 15.8 down to 14.1 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.
SAIFI
0.17 interruptions/yr
Outage frequency (2023)
Customers
13,232
Customers across Minnesota
SAIDI vs. National Average (180 min) 3.5%
14 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 0.158 | 12,365 |
| 2021 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 0.390 | 12,789 |
| 2022 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 0.147 | 12,955 |
| 2023 | 14.1 | 5.8 | 0.166 | 13,232 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
City of Elk River serves 1 ZIP code in Minnesota.
55330
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is City of Elk River?
City of Elk River had a SAIDI of 14.1 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 5.8 minutes excluding them (the industry-standard measure of routine reliability, so the gap traces back to a major storm that year, not a chronic issue). Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is City of Elk River?
City of Elk River is classified as a Municipal serving Minnesota.
How many customers does City of Elk River serve?
City of Elk River serves approximately 13,232 customers in Minnesota.
How has City of Elk River's reliability changed over time?
City of Elk River has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Municipal
- State
- Minnesota
- Customers
- 13,232
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 5773
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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.