Municipal · Florida · EIA 6909
Gainesville Regional Utilities
Municipal · Florida · 104K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 78 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Gainesville Regional Utilities shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 69 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 104K customers.
- 78 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.28
- SAIFI 2023
- 69 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 104K
- 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 Gainesville Regional Utilities filings show
Gainesville Regional Utilities is a municipally-owned utility operating in Florida under EIA identifier 6909. It reports service to approximately 103,864 customer accounts and generated about $0.31 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 15 ZIP codes. Being municipally owned, the utility answers to a local board or city council rather than a state commission, and carries a federal income tax exemption.
In 2023, the average Gainesville Regional Utilities customer experienced 78.4 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.28 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 68.9 minutes; the difference from the headline 78.4 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Gainesville Regional Utilities's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 162.9 to 78.4 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.
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 minutes per customer per year
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Gainesville Regional Utilities from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Gainesville Regional Utilities SAIDI trend
Gainesville Regional Utilities 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 Gainesville Regional 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, Gainesville Regional Utilities charges more per customer than 75% 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: $3,024/year · Latest SAIDI: 78.4 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 78.4 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 162.9 | 57.6 | 1.568 | 98,401 |
| 2021 | 78.3 | 78.3 | 1.467 | 100,190 |
| 2022 | 72.5 | 52.6 | 1.294 | 102,608 |
| 2023 | 78.4 | 68.9 | 1.285 | 103,796 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Gainesville Regional Utilities serves 15 ZIP codes in Florida.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Gainesville Regional Utilities?
Gainesville Regional Utilities had a SAIDI of 78.4 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Gainesville Regional Utilities?
Gainesville Regional Utilities is classified as a Municipal serving Florida.
How many customers does Gainesville Regional Utilities serve?
Gainesville Regional Utilities serves approximately 103,864 customers in Florida.
How has Gainesville Regional Utilities's reliability changed over time?
Gainesville Regional Utilities 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
- Municipal
- State
- Florida
- Customers
- 103,864
- Annual Revenue
- $0.31B
- EIA ID
- 6909
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Gainesville Regional 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 (104K here), outside Florida.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (78.4 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.