City of Salem - (VA)

What This Utility Data Tells You

City of Salem - (VA) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Virginia under EIA identifier 16558. It reports service to approximately 13,426 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 6 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 Salem - (VA) customer experienced 22.7 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (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. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 0.25 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 0 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 22.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 22.7 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for City of Salem - (VA), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 10.2 to 22.7 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.