Municipal · Oregon · EIA 13788
Northern Wasco County PUD
Municipal · Oregon · 10K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 12 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Northern Wasco County PUD shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 12 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 10K customers.
- 12 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.07
- SAIFI 2023
- 12 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 10K
- 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 Northern Wasco County PUD filings show
Northern Wasco County PUD is a municipally-owned utility operating in Oregon under EIA identifier 13788. It reports service to approximately 10,466 customer accounts and generated about $0.09 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 7 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 Northern Wasco County PUD customer experienced 12.4 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. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.07, putting the typical customer at roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 12.4 minutes; the difference from the headline 12.4 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Northern Wasco County PUD, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 87.3 to 12.4 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 Northern Wasco County PUD'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.
12 min/year per customer
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Northern Wasco County PUD from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Northern Wasco County PUD SAIDI trend
Northern Wasco County PUD vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
12 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 95% 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 Northern Wasco County PUD sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Northern Wasco County PUD charges more per customer than 99% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 97% 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: $8,836/year · Latest SAIDI: 12.4 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 12.4 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 87.3 | 33.4 | 0.550 | 10,286 |
| 2021 | 109.8 | 55.5 | 0.290 | 10,395 |
| 2022 | 117.9 | 53.0 | 0.706 | 10,448 |
| 2023 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 0.073 | 10,482 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Northern Wasco County PUD serves 7 ZIP codes in Oregon.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Northern Wasco County PUD?
Northern Wasco County PUD had a SAIDI of 12.4 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Northern Wasco County PUD?
Northern Wasco County PUD is classified as a Municipal serving Oregon.
How many customers does Northern Wasco County PUD serve?
Northern Wasco County PUD serves approximately 10,466 customers in Oregon.
How has Northern Wasco County PUD's reliability changed over time?
Northern Wasco County PUD has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Municipal
- State
- Oregon
- Customers
- 10,466
- Annual Revenue
- $0.09B
- EIA ID
- 13788
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Northern Wasco County PUD. 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 (10K here), outside Oregon.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (12.4 here), outside Oregon, 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.