City of LaFollette

What This Utility Data Tells You

City of LaFollette is a municipally-owned utility operating in Tennessee under EIA identifier 10579. It reports service to approximately 23,160 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 8 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 LaFollette customer experienced 486.0 minutes of power interruptions — a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That is substantially above the 120–180 minute national benchmark, indicating either storm-prone geography, aging infrastructure, or extended restoration windows. SAIFI — the average number of outage events per customer — was 5.00 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 5 distinct interruptions that year.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for City of LaFollette, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 577.0 to 486.0 minutes over that window — a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes. All figures on this page come directly from EIA Form 861, the federal annual electric power industry survey, with service territory ZIPs sourced from OpenEI — you can cross-reference them with your own utility bill or use them when comparing providers before relocating.