Municipal Kentucky

City of Paducah - (KY)

62min
SAIDI 2023
1.13
SAIFI 2023
22,736
Customers

What This Utility Data Tells You

City of Paducah - (KY) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Kentucky under EIA identifier 14371. It reports service to approximately 22,736 customer accounts and generated about $0.08 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 4 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 Paducah - (KY) customer experienced 61.8 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). 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 1.13, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 61.8 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 61.8 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

City of Paducah - (KY) 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 41.7 to 61.8 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.

SAIDI

62 min per year

Average outage minutes (2023)

SAIFI

1.13 interruptions/yr

Outage frequency (2023)

Customers

22,736

Customers across Kentucky

SAIDI vs. National Average (180 min) 15.5%

62 outage minutes per customer annually

City of Paducah - (KY) SAIDI

Minutes without power per year (2023)

62 SAIDI62 SAIDINat. avg 120120SAIDI62SAIDI

Excellent

Reliability Trend (2020–2023)

Year SAIDI (min) SAIDI nMED SAIFI Customers
2020 41.7 41.7 1.341 22,227
2021 27.0 27.0 0.920 22,215
2022 40.4 40.4 1.110 22,194
2023 61.8 61.8 1.130 22,241

SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.

Service Area

City of Paducah - (KY) serves 4 ZIP codes in Kentucky.

42001420024200342058

Frequently Asked Questions

How reliable is City of Paducah - (KY)?

City of Paducah - (KY) had a SAIDI of 61.8 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.

What type of utility is City of Paducah - (KY)?

City of Paducah - (KY) is classified as a Municipal serving Kentucky.

How many customers does City of Paducah - (KY) serve?

City of Paducah - (KY) serves approximately 22,736 customers in Kentucky.

How has City of Paducah - (KY)'s reliability changed over time?

City of Paducah - (KY) has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.

Utility Profile

Type
Municipal
State
Kentucky
Customers
22,736
Annual Revenue
$0.08B
EIA ID
14371

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.