Easley Combined Utility System

What This Utility Data Tells You

Easley Combined Utility System is a municipally-owned utility operating in South Carolina under EIA identifier 6709. It reports service to approximately 17,011 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 3 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 Easley Combined Utility System customer experienced 104.9 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.33, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 104.9 minutes; the difference from the headline 104.9 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Easley Combined Utility System's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 342.3 to 104.9 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.