IOU · New York · EIA 16183
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp
IOU · New York · 312K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 102 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 73 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 312K customers.
- 102 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.84
- SAIFI 2023
- 73 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 312K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Rochester Gas & Electric Corp filings show
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp is an investor-owned utility operating in New York under EIA identifier 16183. It reports service to approximately 311,622 customer accounts and generated about $0.47 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 150 ZIP codes. Because it is investor-owned, the state public utility commission oversees its rate cases and reliability performance rather than a local board.
In 2023, the average Rochester Gas & Electric Corp customer experienced 102.2 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (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 0.84, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 72.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 102.2 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Rochester Gas & Electric Corp, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 124.8 to 102.2 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.
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.
102 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Rochester Gas & Electric Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp SAIDI trend
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
102 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 66% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Rochester Gas & Electric Corp sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Rochester Gas & Electric Corp charges more per customer than 2% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 69% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,524/year · Latest SAIDI: 102.2 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 102.2 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 124.8 | 93.5 | 1.020 |
| 2021 | 280.2 | 121.8 | 1.370 |
| 2022 | 196.0 | 81.3 | 1.180 |
| 2023 | 102.2 | 72.7 | 0.840 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp serves 150 ZIP codes in New York.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Rochester Gas & Electric Corp?
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp had a SAIDI of 102.2 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Rochester Gas & Electric Corp?
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp is classified as a IOU serving New York.
How many customers does Rochester Gas & Electric Corp serve?
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp serves approximately 311,622 customers in New York.
How has Rochester Gas & Electric Corp's reliability changed over time?
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp 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
- New York
- Customers
- 311,622
- Annual Revenue
- $0.47B
- EIA ID
- 16183
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. 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 (312K here), outside New York.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (102.2 here), outside New York, 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.