Commonwealth Edison takes first place in PA Consulting’s ReliabilityOne awards
Commonwealth Edison, the largest electric utility in Illinois, won the top national honor at PA Consulting’s 23rd annual ReliabilityOne Awards, which recognize the most reliable electric utilities in North America.
Commonwealth Edison bumped perennial favorite Florida Power & Light from the top spot – posting the highest collective score across PA’s measurements in resiliency, reliability, storm response, technology and innovation, sustainability, and customer engagement.
To determine the annual rankings, PA uses publicly available data from the System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI), which measures average outage duration per customer, and the System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI), which measures the average number of interruptions per customer.
“We are delighted to announce that Commonwealth Edison has been recognized as this year’s most reliable US utility. They had a marked turnaround, and leveraged cutting-edge technologies, innovative designs, and extremely disciplined operational excellence to provide an especially high level of service reliability to their customers in 2022,” said Derek HasBrouck, PA Consulting’s ReliabilityOne program director.
ReliabilityOne winners saw an improvement in reliability performance over the prior year, with SAIDI performance improving by four minutes. ReliabilityOne award recipents also had 55% fewer outages than the average US investor-owned utility (IOU).
The average IOU saw a 4% increase in average outage frequency and average outage duration compared to 2021.
PA Consulting – a global innovation and transformation consultancy – also recognized regional leaders and industry category leaders.
The regional winners were:
West Region (Metropolitan) – San Diego Gas & Electric
Mid-Atlantic Region (Metropolitan) – Public Service Electric and Gas Company
Northeast Region (Metropolitan) – Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Northeast Region (Suburban and Rural) – Orange and Rockland Utilities
Southeast Region (Metropolitan) – Florida Power & Light Company
Midwest Region (Metropolitan) – Commonwealth Edison
The category winners were:
Outstanding Customer Engagement – Public Service Electric and Gas Company
Outstanding Technology and Innovation – Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Outstanding Grid Sustainability – San Diego Gas & Electric
Outstanding System Resiliency – Florida Power & Light Company
The awards reception was held at the Westin Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.
