PUD No 1 of Benton County

What This Utility Data Tells You

PUD No 1 of Benton County is a municipally-owned utility operating in Washington under EIA identifier 1579. It reports service to approximately 57,263 customer accounts and generated about $0.13 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 16 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 PUD No 1 of Benton County customer experienced 124.9 minutes of power interruptions — a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. SAIFI — the average number of outage events per customer — was 1.08 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 48.1 minutes — the gap between that figure and the headline 124.9 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for PUD No 1 of Benton County, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 88.5 to 124.9 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization. All figures on this page come directly from EIA Form 861, the federal annual electric power industry survey, with service territory ZIPs sourced from OpenEI — you can cross-reference them with your own utility bill or use them when comparing providers before relocating.