Distribution reliability by utility

SAIDI and SAIFI as each utility in Washington, Oregon, Idaho or Montana reported them on Form EIA-861 Schedule 3, with and without major event days, for every report year through the comparison year: one row per utility, state, year and part of the schedule (IEEE 1366 or another method), kept as published. Nothing is computed from another index and nothing is filled; the two parts are never compared, and a system average says nothing about one address.

At a glance

Period
2013–2024
One row is
utility x state x report year x reporting standard (schedule part), including the all-null row of a part not filed
Built from source rows of
utility x state x reporting standard (IEEE 1366 Part B, other method Part C) x report year
Evidence and method
reported · directSelf-reported by each utility under the method it declares. SAIDI is minutes of sustained interruption per customer over the year, SAIFI sustained interruptions per customer over the year. The form asks for SAIDI and SAIFI only; the CAIDI columns (minutes per interruption) are published with the data and kept as published, never recomputed. Part B (IEEE 1366) and Part C (other method) rows are never compared or pooled, and with- and without-major-event-day values stay separate. Form EIA-861S has no reliability schedule.
Edition in this release
PUDL v2026.9.0 (embedded 2026.8.1.dev50) · core_eia861__yearly_reliability · retrieved 2026-09-29
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Measures

ColumnUnitWhat it measures
saidi_with_med_minutesminutes/customer/yearSystem average interruption duration index with major event days included, as the utility calculated it under the part's method.
saidi_without_med_minutesminutes/customer/yearThe same index with major event days excluded; a different question, never pooled with the value above.
saifi_with_med_interruptionsinterruptions/customer/yearSystem average interruption frequency index with major event days included, as the utility calculated it.
saifi_without_med_interruptionsinterruptions/customer/yearThe same index with major event days excluded.
caidi_with_med_minutesminutes/interruptionAverage length of one interruption, major event days included: SAIDI divided by SAIFI as EIA publishes it with the data. Not a line on the form, and never recomputed here.
caidi_without_med_minutesminutes/interruptionThe same, major event days excluded.
customerscountCustomers the utility used in the calculation, as reported.

Population

What the rows are counted against
  • Eligible in 2024utility x state pairs with long-form EIA-861 sales rows in the comparison year, EIA's unitemized adjustment rows (utility 99999) left out; earlier years have no sales table in this build to set filers against
    112 utility-states
  • Filed
    64 utility-states57.1% of eligible
  • Not filed
    48 utility-states

Coverage 2013–2024

1,556 rows · 82 utility states
Rows per year as the source dates them; a row without a date is its own line. For each measure: rows with a value, rows listed without one, rows where it does not apply. Counts are rows, not quantities.
Yearutility statesrowssaidi with medminutes/customer/yearsaidi without medminutes/customer/yearsaifi with medinterruptions/customer/yearsaifi without medinterruptions/customer/yearcaidi with medminutes/interruptioncaidi without medminutes/interruptioncustomerscount
201359118581 without · 59 n/a4415 without · 59 n/a527 without · 59 n/a3821 without · 59 n/a527 without · 59 n/a3722 without · 59 n/a590 without · 59 n/a
201460120600 without · 60 n/a5010 without · 60 n/a555 without · 60 n/a4218 without · 60 n/a555 without · 60 n/a4119 without · 60 n/a600 without · 60 n/a
201562124620 without · 62 n/a5012 without · 62 n/a566 without · 62 n/a4220 without · 62 n/a566 without · 62 n/a4220 without · 62 n/a620 without · 62 n/a
201667134670 without · 67 n/a5413 without · 67 n/a598 without · 67 n/a4621 without · 67 n/a598 without · 67 n/a4621 without · 67 n/a661 without · 67 n/a
201767134670 without · 67 n/a5512 without · 67 n/a607 without · 67 n/a4522 without · 67 n/a607 without · 67 n/a4522 without · 67 n/a661 without · 67 n/a
201871142710 without · 71 n/a5912 without · 71 n/a638 without · 71 n/a5021 without · 71 n/a638 without · 71 n/a5021 without · 71 n/a710 without · 71 n/a
201977154770 without · 77 n/a6512 without · 77 n/a689 without · 77 n/a5522 without · 77 n/a689 without · 77 n/a5522 without · 77 n/a770 without · 77 n/a
202062124620 without · 62 n/a539 without · 62 n/a575 without · 62 n/a4715 without · 62 n/a575 without · 62 n/a4715 without · 62 n/a611 without · 62 n/a
202162124620 without · 62 n/a539 without · 62 n/a575 without · 62 n/a4913 without · 62 n/a575 without · 62 n/a4814 without · 62 n/a620 without · 62 n/a
202262124620 without · 62 n/a557 without · 62 n/a575 without · 62 n/a5012 without · 62 n/a575 without · 62 n/a4913 without · 62 n/a620 without · 62 n/a
202365130650 without · 65 n/a596 without · 65 n/a605 without · 65 n/a5312 without · 65 n/a605 without · 65 n/a5213 without · 65 n/a650 without · 65 n/a
202464128641 without · 63 n/a605 without · 63 n/a596 without · 63 n/a5510 without · 63 n/a596 without · 63 n/a5510 without · 63 n/a641 without · 63 n/a
By standardper year
Yearieee standardother standard
20135959
20146060
20156262
20166767
20176767
20187171
20197777
20206262
20216262
20226262
20236565
20246464
By part_filedper year
Yearfalsetrue
20135959
20146060
20156262
20166767
20176767
20187171
20197777
20206262
20216262
20226262
20236565
20246365
By has_indexper year
Yearfalsetrue
20135959
20146060
20156262
20166767
20176767
20187171
20197777
20206262
20216262
20226262
20236565
20246464

What is missing, and why

  • Listed without a reported value · saidi with medRows with no value for this measure; published as null, never zero
    2 rows
  • Listed without a reported value · saidi without medRows with no value for this measure; published as null, never zero
    122 rows
  • Listed without a reported value · saifi with medRows with no value for this measure; published as null, never zero
    76 rows
  • Listed without a reported value · saifi without medRows with no value for this measure; published as null, never zero
    207 rows
  • Listed without a reported value · caidi with medRows with no value for this measure; published as null, never zero
    76 rows
  • Listed without a reported value · caidi without medRows with no value for this measure; published as null, never zero
    212 rows
  • Listed without a reported value · customersRows with no value for this measure; published as null, never zero
    4 rows
  • Not applicable · saidi with med, saidi without med, saifi with med, saifi without med, caidi with med, caidi without med, customersRows where part_filed is false and that carry no value; the measure does not apply to them
    777 rows
  • Filed without the index it needsRows where the respondent completed part of the schedule for the year without a SAIDI or SAIFI value; the form asks only for what the utility calculates
    1 rows
  • No row in the sourceLong-form respondents with sales rows in the state and no reliability row for the comparison year. The form lets a respondent answer that it does not calculate the indices, and a supplier with no distribution system has none to report; the published data does not say which: 2024
    48 utility-states
  • Not applicableUtility x state pairs that filed Form EIA-861S for the comparison year: the short form has no reliability schedule: 2024
    80 utility-states
  • Outside the atlas frameEIA-861 reliability rows for states outside Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, all years
    24,278 source rows

How often it changes

Checked 2026-09-21
Publisher
Form EIA-861 is EIA's Annual Electric Power Industry Report, a census of all United States electric utilities. Its page lists releases of two kinds: early release data and final data.www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/ ↗
Delay
On the checked date EIA's page gave a release date of August 4, 2026 for early release data and listed the next release as October 2026 for final data; its file list marked 2025 as early release and 2024 as final data, updated December 3, 2025.www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/ ↗
This atlas
The atlas reads EIA-861 through PUDL, which Catalyst Cooperative publishes as quarterly versioned releases. Each atlas release pins one PUDL version, named under edition; the table changes only when that pin moves. No timed refresh.docs.catalyst.coop/pudl/en/v2026.9.0/data_access.html ↗

Checks and corrections

  • keys.reliability_unique{"distinct":1556,"rows":1556}
    Passed
  • reliability.standard_known{"unknown":[]}
    Passed
  • reliability.values_non_negative{"negative_rows_by_column":{}}
    Passed
  • reliability.caidi_consistent_with_saidi_saifi{"by_basis":{"with_med":{"caidi_without_both_inputs":0,"compared":703,"inputs_without_caidi":0,"outside_tolerance":0,"within_tolerance":703},"with_med_less_supply":{"caidi_without_both_inputs":0,"compared":375,"inputs_without_caidi":0,"outside_tolerance":0,"within_tolerance":375},"without_med":{"caidi_without_both_inputs":0,"compared":567,"inputs_without_caidi":0,"outside_tolerance":0,"within_tolerance":567}},"relative_tolerance":0.001,"unit":"rows"}
    Passed

No corrections apply to this dataset in this release. Earlier editions: not available (earlier releases did not retain per-dataset edition comparisons).

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