Municipal · Utah · EIA 17874
City of St George
Municipal · Utah · 33K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 37 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
City of St George shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 23 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 33K customers.
- 37 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 23 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 33K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage City of St George filings show
City of St George is a municipally-owned utility operating in Utah under EIA identifier 17874. It reports service to approximately 33,138 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 7 ZIP codes. Being municipally owned, the utility answers to a local board or city council rather than a state commission, and carries a federal income tax exemption.
In 2023, the average City of St George customer experienced 37.0 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. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 22.8 minutes; the difference from the headline 37.0 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for City of St George, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 24.5 to 37.0 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
Based on this utility's own EIA Form 861 reliability record -- baseline (major-event- excluded) outage duration, total outage duration, and outage frequency -- each benchmarked against every reporting utility nationwide. Not a measure of electricity rates or customer service, which this portal does not track.
37 min/year per customer
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for City of St George from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
City of St George SAIDI trend
City of St George vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
37 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 88% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more utilities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where City of St George sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, City of St George charges more per customer than 18% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 90% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,047/year · Latest SAIDI: 37.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 37.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 24.5 | 16.4 | - | 32,070 |
| 2021 | 24.5 | 22.0 | - | 32,209 |
| 2022 | 22.6 | 14.9 | - | 32,586 |
| 2023 | 37.0 | 22.8 | - | 33,138 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
City of St George serves 7 ZIP codes in Utah.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is City of St George?
City of St George had a SAIDI of 37.0 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 St George?
City of St George is classified as a Municipal serving Utah.
How many customers does City of St George serve?
City of St George serves approximately 33,138 customers in Utah.
How has City of St George's reliability changed over time?
City of St George 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
- Utah
- Customers
- 33,138
- Annual Revenue
- $0.07B
- EIA ID
- 17874
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for City of St George. Same-state SAIDI neighbors stay in Read-with below; these neighborhoods are nearest other-state utilities with at least 10,000 reported customers.
Similar customer count
Nearest utilities by Form 861 customers (33K here), outside Utah.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (37.0 here), outside Utah, excluding the customer-peer set.
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 · methodology.