Columbia River Peoples Ut Dist

What This Utility Data Tells You

Columbia River Peoples Ut Dist is a municipally-owned utility operating in Oregon under EIA identifier 40438. It reports service to approximately 17,226 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 8 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 Columbia River Peoples Ut Dist customer experienced 125.8 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. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.86, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 71.4 minutes; the difference from the headline 125.8 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Columbia River Peoples Ut Dist's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has increased from 95.7 to 125.8 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.