City of Richland - (WA)

What This Utility Data Tells You

City of Richland - (WA) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Washington under EIA identifier 15979. It reports service to approximately 27,048 customer accounts and generated about $0.08 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 Richland - (WA) customer experienced 77.5 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (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. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.01, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 31.5 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 77.5 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

City of Richland - (WA) has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 18.9 to 77.5 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.