IOU · Pennsylvania · EIA 14716
Pennsylvania Power Co
IOU · Pennsylvania · 137K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 706 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Pennsylvania Power Co shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 119 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (706 minutes including them) across 137K customers.
- 706 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.51
- SAIFI 2023
- 119 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 137K
- 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 Pennsylvania Power Co filings show
Pennsylvania Power Co is an investor-owned utility operating in Pennsylvania under EIA identifier 14716. It reports service to approximately 136,501 customer accounts and generated about $0.27 billion in annual electric revenue. As an investor-owned utility, it operates under state public utility commission oversight that reviews rate cases and reliability performance.
In 2023, the average Pennsylvania Power Co customer experienced 706.0 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.51, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 118.5 minutes, and the spread against the headline 706.0 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Pennsylvania Power Co, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 180.0 to 706.0 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
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.
706 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 Pennsylvania Power Co from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Pennsylvania Power Co SAIDI trend
Pennsylvania Power Co vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
706 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 12% 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 Pennsylvania Power 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, Pennsylvania Power Co charges more per customer than 13% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 13% 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: $1,957/year · Latest SAIDI: 706.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 706.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 180.0 | 98.6 | 0.978 | 165,229 |
| 2021 | 151.5 | 103.2 | 1.128 | 166,590 |
| 2022 | 258.6 | 127.8 | 1.166 | 167,618 |
| 2023 | 706.0 | 118.5 | 1.509 | 171,259 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Pennsylvania Power Co?
Pennsylvania Power Co had a SAIDI of 706.0 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 118.5 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard measure of day-to-day reliability, the gap reflects a major storm that year, not chronic performance). Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is Pennsylvania Power Co?
Pennsylvania Power Co is classified as a IOU serving Pennsylvania.
How many customers does Pennsylvania Power Co serve?
Pennsylvania Power Co serves approximately 136,501 customers in Pennsylvania.
How has Pennsylvania Power Co's reliability changed over time?
Pennsylvania Power 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
- Pennsylvania
- Customers
- 136,501
- Annual Revenue
- $0.27B
- EIA ID
- 14716
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Pennsylvania Power 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 (137K here), outside Pennsylvania.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (706.0 here), outside Pennsylvania, 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.