IOU · New Jersey · EIA 9726
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co
IOU · New Jersey · 1.0M customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 266 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 220 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 1.0M customers.
- 266 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.67
- SAIFI 2023
- 220 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 1.0M
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Jersey Central Power & Lt Co filings show
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co is an investor-owned utility operating in New Jersey under EIA identifier 9726. It reports service to approximately 1,040,564 customer accounts and generated about $1.62 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 298 ZIP codes. As an investor-owned utility, it operates under state public utility commission oversight that reviews rate cases and reliability performance.
In 2023, the average Jersey Central Power & Lt Co customer experienced 266.5 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.67 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 220.3 minutes; the difference from the headline 266.5 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 2197.8 to 266.5 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely. 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 Jersey Central Power & Lt Co'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.
266 min/year per customer
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Jersey Central Power & Lt Co from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co SAIDI trend
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
266 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 33% 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 Jersey Central Power & Lt Co sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Jersey Central Power & Lt Co charges more per customer than 2% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 36% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less and is less reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,560/year · Latest SAIDI: 266.5 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 266.5 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2197.8 | 185.9 | 2.742 | 1,124,901 |
| 2021 | 347.8 | 192.4 | 1.889 | 1,130,992 |
| 2022 | 231.0 | 190.8 | 1.703 | 1,134,316 |
| 2023 | 266.5 | 220.3 | 1.670 | 1,143,615 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co serves 298 ZIP codes in New Jersey.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Jersey Central Power & Lt Co?
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co had a SAIDI of 266.5 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is Jersey Central Power & Lt Co?
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co is classified as a IOU serving New Jersey.
How many customers does Jersey Central Power & Lt Co serve?
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co serves approximately 1,040,564 customers in New Jersey.
How has Jersey Central Power & Lt Co's reliability changed over time?
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co 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
- IOU
- State
- New Jersey
- Customers
- 1,040,564
- Annual Revenue
- $1.62B
- EIA ID
- 9726
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Jersey Central Power & Lt Co. 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 (1.0M here), outside New Jersey.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (266.5 here), outside New Jersey, 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.