Municipal · Alabama · EIA 6491
Foley Board of Utilities
Municipal · Alabama · 56K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 65 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Foley Board of Utilities shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 60 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 56K customers.
- 65 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.22
- SAIFI 2023
- 60 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 56K
- 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 Foley Board of Utilities filings show
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.
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.
65 min/year per customer
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Foley Board of Utilities from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Foley Board of Utilities SAIDI trend
Foley Board of Utilities vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
65 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 77% 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 Foley Board of Utilities sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Foley Board of Utilities charges more per customer than 62% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 80% 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: $2,730/year · Latest SAIDI: 64.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 64.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5822.4 | 64.5 | 3.622 | 50,311 |
| 2021 | 51.3 | 44.9 | 0.892 | 51,927 |
| 2022 | 61.7 | 55.1 | 0.986 | 53,193 |
| 2023 | 64.6 | 59.6 | 1.217 | 54,708 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Foley Board of Utilities serves 2 ZIP codes in Alabama.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Foley Board of Utilities?
Foley Board of Utilities had a SAIDI of 64.6 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Foley Board of Utilities?
Foley Board of Utilities is classified as a Municipal serving Alabama.
How many customers does Foley Board of Utilities serve?
Foley Board of Utilities serves approximately 56,193 customers in Alabama.
How has Foley Board of Utilities's reliability changed over time?
Foley Board of Utilities 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
- Municipal
- State
- Alabama
- Customers
- 56,193
- Annual Revenue
- $0.15B
- EIA ID
- 6491
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Foley Board of Utilities. 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 (56K here), outside Alabama.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (64.6 here), outside Alabama, 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.