Municipal · Kansas · EIA 9996
City of Kansas City - (KS)
Municipal · Kansas · 68K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 739 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
City of Kansas City - (KS) shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 176 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (739 minutes including them) across 68K customers.
- 739 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.88
- SAIFI 2023
- 176 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 68K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage City of Kansas City - (KS) filings show
City of Kansas City - (KS) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Kansas under EIA identifier 9996. It reports service to approximately 67,713 customer accounts and generated about $0.27 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 25 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 Kansas City - (KS) customer experienced 738.6 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 2.88, putting the typical customer at roughly 3 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 175.8 minutes; the difference from the headline 738.6 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
City of Kansas City - (KS) 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 132.7 to 738.6 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.
739 min/year per customer
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for City of Kansas City - (KS) from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
City of Kansas City - (KS) SAIDI trend
City of Kansas City - (KS) vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
739 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 11% 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 Kansas City - (KS) 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 Kansas City - (KS) charges more per customer than 93% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 12% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $3,977/year · Latest SAIDI: 738.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 738.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 132.7 | 108.3 | 1.323 | 65,304 |
| 2021 | 393.8 | 153.0 | 2.462 | 66,026 |
| 2022 | 200.4 | 155.9 | 1.889 | 65,287 |
| 2023 | 738.6 | 175.8 | 2.884 | 65,965 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
City of Kansas City - (KS) serves 25 ZIP codes in Kansas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is City of Kansas City - (KS)?
City of Kansas City - (KS) had a SAIDI of 738.6 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 175.8 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard measure of day-to-day reliability, the gap reflects a major storm that year, not chronic performance). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is City of Kansas City - (KS)?
City of Kansas City - (KS) is classified as a Municipal serving Kansas.
How many customers does City of Kansas City - (KS) serve?
City of Kansas City - (KS) serves approximately 67,713 customers in Kansas.
How has City of Kansas City - (KS)'s reliability changed over time?
City of Kansas City - (KS) 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
- Kansas
- Customers
- 67,713
- Annual Revenue
- $0.27B
- EIA ID
- 9996
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for City of Kansas City - (KS). 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 (68K here), outside Kansas.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (738.6 here), outside Kansas, 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.