SAIDI
157 min per year
Yearly outage minutes, on average (2021)
City of Lenoir - (TN) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Tennessee under EIA identifier 10906. It reports service to approximately 74,767 customer accounts and generated about $0.20 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 2 ZIP codes. Municipal ownership means a local board or city council typically oversees this utility, and it is exempt from federal income tax.
In 2021, the average City of Lenoir - (TN) customer experienced 157.3 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.57 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 2 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 157.3 minutes; the difference from the headline 157.3 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
The EIA dataset includes 2 years of continuous reporting (2020–2021) for City of Lenoir - (TN), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. At roughly 157.3 minutes throughout that period, SAIDI shows a stable operating pattern.
SAIDI
157 min per year
Yearly outage minutes, on average (2021)
SAIFI
1.57 interruptions/yr
Average interruption count (2021)
Customers
74,767
Tennessee service territory
157 min/year per customer
Annual minutes without electric service (2021)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 157.3 | 157.3 | 1.570 | 67,978 |
| 2021 | 157.3 | 157.3 | 1.570 | 67,978 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
City of Lenoir - (TN) serves 2 ZIP codes in Tennessee.
City of Lenoir - (TN) had a SAIDI of 157.3 minutes in 2021. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
City of Lenoir - (TN) is classified as a Municipal serving Tennessee.
City of Lenoir - (TN) serves approximately 74,767 customers in Tennessee.
City of Lenoir - (TN) has 2 years of reliability data (2020-2021). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the 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.