IOU · Florida · EIA 6452
Florida Power & Light Co
IOU · Florida · 5.8M customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 78 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Florida Power & Light Co shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 50 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 5.8M customers.
- 78 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.64
- SAIFI 2023
- 50 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 5.8M
- 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 Florida Power & Light Co filings show
Florida Power & Light Co is an investor-owned utility operating in Florida under EIA identifier 6452. It reports service to approximately 5,811,951 customer accounts and generated about $17.00 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 500 ZIP codes. Because it is investor-owned, the state public utility commission oversees its rate cases and reliability performance rather than a local board.
In 2023, the average Florida Power & Light Co customer experienced 78.3 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.64, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 49.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 78.3 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 Florida Power & Light Co, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 69.7 to 78.3 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to 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.
78 min/year per customer
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Florida Power & Light Co from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Florida Power & Light Co SAIDI trend
Florida Power & Light Co vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
78 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 72% 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 Florida Power & Light Co sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Florida Power & Light Co charges more per customer than 71% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 75% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more and is more reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,924/year · Latest SAIDI: 78.3 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 78.3 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 69.7 | 49.2 | 0.750 | 5,158,044 |
| 2021 | 54.7 | 44.9 | 0.580 | 5,241,308 |
| 2022 | 1150.5 | 48.1 | 1.110 | 5,764,583 |
| 2023 | 78.3 | 49.7 | 0.640 | 5,867,355 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Florida Power & Light Co serves 500 ZIP codes in Florida.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Florida Power & Light Co?
Florida Power & Light Co had a SAIDI of 78.3 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Florida Power & Light Co?
Florida Power & Light Co is classified as a IOU serving Florida.
How many customers does Florida Power & Light Co serve?
Florida Power & Light Co serves approximately 5,811,951 customers in Florida.
How has Florida Power & Light Co's reliability changed over time?
Florida Power & Light Co has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- IOU
- State
- Florida
- Customers
- 5,811,951
- Annual Revenue
- $17.00B
- EIA ID
- 6452
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Florida Power & Light Co. 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 (5.8M here), outside Florida.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (78.3 here), outside Florida, 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.