Foley Board of Utilities

What This Utility Data Tells You

Foley Board of Utilities is a municipally-owned utility operating in Alabama under EIA identifier 6491. It reports service to approximately 56,193 customer accounts and generated about $0.15 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 2 ZIP codes. Municipal ownership means a local board or city council typically oversees this utility, and it is exempt from federal income tax.

In 2023, the average Foley Board of Utilities customer experienced 64.6 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. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.22 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 59.6 minutes, and the spread against the headline 64.6 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

Foley Board of Utilities has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 5822.4 to 64.6 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes. Note: this figure is unusually low compared to typical U.S. utility performance and may reflect an incomplete EIA filing for this year rather than a genuine reliability improvement -- treat with caution and cross-check against Foley Board of Utilities's other reported years.