SAIDI
40 min per year
Mean outage duration per year (2023)
City of Idaho Falls - (ID) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Idaho under EIA identifier 9187. It reports service to approximately 31,688 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 4 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 Idaho Falls - (ID) customer experienced 39.9 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). 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 0.45, putting the typical customer at roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 22.1 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 39.9 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), City of Idaho Falls - (ID)'s reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 183.6 down to 39.9 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.
SAIDI
40 min per year
Mean outage duration per year (2023)
SAIFI
0.45 interruptions/yr
Outage frequency (2023)
Customers
31,688
Idaho service territory
40 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 183.6 | 23.0 | 0.679 | - |
| 2021 | 112.0 | 35.4 | 0.920 | 29,472 |
| 2022 | 65.1 | 36.4 | 0.740 | 31,097 |
| 2023 | 39.9 | 22.1 | 0.450 | 30,942 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
City of Idaho Falls - (ID) serves 4 ZIP codes in Idaho.
City of Idaho Falls - (ID) had a SAIDI of 39.9 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
City of Idaho Falls - (ID) is classified as a Municipal serving Idaho.
City of Idaho Falls - (ID) serves approximately 31,688 customers in Idaho.
City of Idaho Falls - (ID) has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
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.