IOU · Kansas · EIA 22500
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
IOU · Kansas · 396K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 198 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 97 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (198 minutes including them) across 396K customers.
- 198 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.26
- SAIFI 2023
- 97 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 396K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Evergy Kansas Central, Inc filings show
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc is an investor-owned utility operating in Kansas under EIA identifier 22500. It reports service to approximately 395,731 customer accounts and generated about $1.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 283 ZIP codes. As an investor-owned utility, it operates under state public utility commission oversight that reviews rate cases and reliability performance.
In 2023, the average Evergy Kansas Central, Inc customer experienced 197.9 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.26, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 96.7 minutes, and the spread against the headline 197.9 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 106.9 to 197.9 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
198 outage minutes per customer annually
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc SAIDI trend
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
198 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 43% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Evergy Kansas Central, Inc sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc charges more per customer than 59% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 47% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,683/year · Latest SAIDI: 197.9 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 197.9 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 106.9 | 98.9 | 1.040 | 387,498 |
| 2021 | 349.9 | 100.7 | 1.684 | 332,977 |
| 2022 | 171.0 | 106.3 | 1.366 | 386,314 |
| 2023 | 197.9 | 96.7 | 1.257 | 389,793 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc serves 283 ZIP codes in Kansas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Evergy Kansas Central, Inc?
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc had a SAIDI of 197.9 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 96.7 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Evergy Kansas Central, Inc?
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc is classified as a IOU serving Kansas.
How many customers does Evergy Kansas Central, Inc serve?
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc serves approximately 395,731 customers in Kansas.
How has Evergy Kansas Central, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc 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
- IOU
- State
- Kansas
- Customers
- 395,731
- Annual Revenue
- $1.06B
- EIA ID
- 22500
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. 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 (396K here), outside Kansas.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (197.9 here), outside Kansas, 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.