Fort Pierce Utilities Authority

What This Utility Data Tells You

Fort Pierce Utilities Authority is a municipally-owned utility operating in Florida under EIA identifier 6616. It reports service to approximately 29,233 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 5 ZIP codes. As a municipal utility, it is typically governed by a local board or city council and is exempt from federal income tax.

In 2023, the average Fort Pierce Utilities Authority customer experienced 66.0 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or 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 0.92, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 66.0 minutes, and the spread against the headline 66.0 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

Fort Pierce Utilities Authority 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 increased from 46.5 to 66.0 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.