City of River Falls

Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).

What short-outage City of River Falls filings show

City of River Falls is a municipally-owned utility operating in Wisconsin under EIA identifier 16082. It reports service to approximately 7,339 customer accounts and generated about $0.02 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 1 ZIP code. 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 River Falls customer experienced 38.7 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. 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 0.17, putting the typical customer at roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 38.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 38.7 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), City of River Falls's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has increased from 21.2 to 38.7 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.