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Marietta BLW reports steady reliability in 2024 despite tree-related outages
Summary
Marietta Board of Lights and Water staff reported annual electric reliability metrics for calendar year 2024, showing average customer outage time of about two hours and most large outages caused by trees; staff outlined automation projects aimed at improving restore times.
Marietta Board of Lights and Water electric staff presented the utility’s 2024 reliability summary, saying the average customer experienced roughly 2 hours and 8 minutes without power over the year and that the average outage restoration time was about 75 minutes.
The report, delivered by a utility operations presenter identified in the meeting as Eric (BLW staff), showed system metrics used in the industry: total outage minutes, distinct customers affected, average outage duration (SAIDI), average number of outages per customer (SAIFI), and momentary operations. Eric said Marietta customers had power 99.975% of the time in 2024 and that the system design goal is to reduce SAIDI toward a target that would equate to “four nines” of availability, which would require a…
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