Municipal · Kentucky · EIA 8449
Henderson City Utility Comm
Municipal · Kentucky · 12K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 35 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Henderson City Utility Comm shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 35 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 12K customers.
- 35 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.80
- SAIFI 2023
- 35 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 12K
- 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 Henderson City Utility Comm filings show
Henderson City Utility Comm is a municipally-owned utility operating in Kentucky under EIA identifier 8449. It reports service to approximately 11,965 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 2 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 Henderson City Utility Comm customer experienced 34.9 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (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. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.80, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 34.9 minutes, and the spread against the headline 34.9 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
Henderson City Utility Comm has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 31.6 to 34.9 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
35 outage minutes per customer annually
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Henderson City Utility Comm from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Henderson City Utility Comm SAIDI trend
Henderson City Utility Comm vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
35 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 89% 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 Henderson City Utility Comm sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Henderson City Utility Comm charges more per customer than 84% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 92% 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: $3,339/year · Latest SAIDI: 34.9 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 34.9 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 0.590 |
| 2021 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 0.400 |
| 2022 | 31.8 | 31.8 | 0.549 |
| 2023 | 34.9 | 34.9 | 0.795 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Henderson City Utility Comm serves 2 ZIP codes in Kentucky.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Henderson City Utility Comm?
Henderson City Utility Comm had a SAIDI of 34.9 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Henderson City Utility Comm?
Henderson City Utility Comm is classified as a Municipal serving Kentucky.
How many customers does Henderson City Utility Comm serve?
Henderson City Utility Comm serves approximately 11,965 customers in Kentucky.
How has Henderson City Utility Comm's reliability changed over time?
Henderson City Utility Comm has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Municipal
- State
- Kentucky
- Customers
- 11,965
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 8449
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Henderson City Utility Comm. 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 (12K here), outside Kentucky.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (34.9 here), outside Kentucky, 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.