Municipal Virginia

City of Harrisonburg - (VA)

13min
SAIDI 2023
0.34
SAIFI 2023
21,651
Customers

What This Utility Data Tells You

City of Harrisonburg - (VA) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Virginia under EIA identifier 8198. It reports service to approximately 21,651 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 3 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 Harrisonburg - (VA) customer experienced 12.5 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or 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 0.34, putting the typical customer at roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 12.5 minutes, and the spread against the headline 12.5 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

City of Harrisonburg - (VA) 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 improved from 13.7 to 12.5 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.

SAIDI

13 min per year

Yearly outage minutes, on average (2023)

SAIFI

0.34 interruptions/yr

Average interruption count (2023)

Customers

21,651

Served in Virginia

SAIDI vs. National Average (180 min) 3.1%

13 minutes per customer per year

City of Harrisonburg - (VA) SAIDI

Power-out minutes per year (2023)

13 SAIDI13 SAIDINat. avg 120120SAIDI13SAIDI

Excellent

Reliability Trend (2020–2023)

Year SAIDI (min) SAIDI nMED SAIFI Customers
2020 13.7 13.7 0.175 -
2021 3.6 3.6 0.076 -
2022 3.9 3.9 0.048 -
2023 12.5 12.5 0.339 -

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

Service Area

City of Harrisonburg - (VA) serves 3 ZIP codes in Virginia.

228012280222807

Frequently Asked Questions

How reliable is City of Harrisonburg - (VA)?

City of Harrisonburg - (VA) had a SAIDI of 12.5 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.

What type of utility is City of Harrisonburg - (VA)?

City of Harrisonburg - (VA) is classified as a Municipal serving Virginia.

How many customers does City of Harrisonburg - (VA) serve?

City of Harrisonburg - (VA) serves approximately 21,651 customers in Virginia.

How has City of Harrisonburg - (VA)'s reliability changed over time?

City of Harrisonburg - (VA) 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
Virginia
Customers
21,651
Annual Revenue
$0.07B
EIA ID
8198

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.