City of Monroe - (NC)

What This Utility Data Tells You

City of Monroe - (NC) is a municipally-owned utility operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 12801. It reports service to approximately 12,193 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 2 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 Monroe - (NC) customer experienced 73.2 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 0.57 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 23.3 minutes, and the spread against the headline 73.2 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

City of Monroe - (NC) 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 35.4 to 73.2 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.