Town of Sterling - (MA)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Town of Sterling - (MA) is a municipally-owned utility operating in Massachusetts under EIA identifier 18087. It reports service to approximately 4,077 customer accounts and generated about $0.01 billion in annual electric revenue. 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 Town of Sterling - (MA) customer experienced 3.2 minutes of power interruptions — a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. SAIFI — the average number of outage events per customer — was 0.06 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 3.2 minutes — the gap between that figure and the headline 3.2 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Town of Sterling - (MA), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 54.2 to 3.2 minutes over that window — a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes. All figures on this page come directly from EIA Form 861, the federal annual electric power industry survey — you can cross-reference them with your own utility bill or use them when comparing providers before relocating.