Lincoln Electric System

What This Utility Data Tells You

Lincoln Electric System is a municipally-owned utility operating in Nebraska under EIA identifier 11018. It reports service to approximately 150,322 customer accounts and generated about $0.29 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 19 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 Lincoln Electric System customer experienced 19.1 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (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 0.30, putting the typical customer at roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 19.1 minutes, and the spread against the headline 19.1 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

Lincoln Electric System 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 window, SAIDI moved from 58.1 down to 19.1 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.