Municipal · California · EIA 7294
City of Glendale - (CA)
Municipal · California · 91K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 89 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
City of Glendale - (CA) shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 89 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 91K customers.
- 89 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.21
- SAIFI 2023
- 89 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 91K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage City of Glendale - (CA) filings show
City of Glendale - (CA) is a municipally-owned utility operating in California under EIA identifier 7294. It reports service to approximately 90,578 customer accounts and generated about $0.22 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 31 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 2023, the average City of Glendale - (CA) customer experienced 89.0 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. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.21 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 89.0 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 89.0 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
City of Glendale - (CA) has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 54.0 to 89.0 minutes, which may reflect either 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.
89 min/year per customer
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 Glendale - (CA) from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
City of Glendale - (CA) SAIDI trend
City of Glendale - (CA) vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
89 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 68% 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 Glendale - (CA) 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 Glendale - (CA) charges more per customer than 42% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 72% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,411/year · Latest SAIDI: 89.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 89.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 1.072 |
| 2021 | 55.9 | 55.9 | 0.747 |
| 2022 | 76.2 | 76.2 | 0.866 |
| 2023 | 89.0 | 89.0 | 1.213 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
City of Glendale - (CA) serves 31 ZIP codes in California.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is City of Glendale - (CA)?
City of Glendale - (CA) had a SAIDI of 89.0 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is City of Glendale - (CA)?
City of Glendale - (CA) is classified as a Municipal serving California.
How many customers does City of Glendale - (CA) serve?
City of Glendale - (CA) serves approximately 90,578 customers in California.
How has City of Glendale - (CA)'s reliability changed over time?
City of Glendale - (CA) 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
- California
- Customers
- 90,578
- Annual Revenue
- $0.22B
- EIA ID
- 7294
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for City of Glendale - (CA). 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 (91K here), outside California.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (89.0 here), outside California, 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.