PUD No 1 of Franklin County

What This Utility Data Tells You

PUD No 1 of Franklin County is a municipally-owned utility operating in Washington under EIA identifier 6716. It reports service to approximately 29,428 customer accounts and generated about $0.09 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 14 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 Franklin County customer experienced 28.7 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.37, putting the typical customer at roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 28.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 28.7 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 PUD No 1 of Franklin County, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 45.9 to 28.7 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.