Municipal · Missouri · EIA 9231
City of Independence - (MO)
Municipal · Missouri · 59K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 147 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
City of Independence - (MO) shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 40 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (147 minutes including them) across 59K customers.
- 147 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.60
- SAIFI 2023
- 40 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 59K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack City of Independence - (MO) filings show
City of Independence - (MO) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Missouri under EIA identifier 9231. It reports service to approximately 58,694 customer accounts and generated about $0.14 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 20 ZIP codes. Municipal ownership means a local board or city council typically oversees this utility, and it is exempt from federal income tax.
In 2023, the average City of Independence - (MO) customer experienced 147.3 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, 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 0.60, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 39.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 147.3 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
City of Independence - (MO) has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 74.1 to 147.3 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
147 min/year per customer
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for City of Independence - (MO) from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
City of Independence - (MO) SAIDI trend
City of Independence - (MO) vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
147 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 54% 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 Independence - (MO) 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 Independence - (MO) charges more per customer than 42% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 57% 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: $2,391/year · Latest SAIDI: 147.3 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 147.3 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 74.1 | 19.4 | 0.752 |
| 2021 | 74.2 | 17.9 | 0.465 |
| 2022 | 109.4 | 30.3 | 0.650 |
| 2023 | 147.3 | 39.7 | 0.600 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
City of Independence - (MO) serves 20 ZIP codes in Missouri.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is City of Independence - (MO)?
City of Independence - (MO) had a SAIDI of 147.3 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 39.7 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard measure of day-to-day reliability, the gap reflects a major storm that year, not chronic performance). Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is City of Independence - (MO)?
City of Independence - (MO) is classified as a Municipal serving Missouri.
How many customers does City of Independence - (MO) serve?
City of Independence - (MO) serves approximately 58,694 customers in Missouri.
How has City of Independence - (MO)'s reliability changed over time?
City of Independence - (MO) 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
- Missouri
- Customers
- 58,694
- Annual Revenue
- $0.14B
- EIA ID
- 9231
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for City of Independence - (MO). 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 (59K here), outside Missouri.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (147.3 here), outside Missouri, 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.