Foley Board of Utilities: 13.48 ¢/kWh for homes, 64 minutes of SAIDI

In Alabama, Foley Board of Utilities bills 58,270 accounts, 87.4% residential, as an municipal utility. It connects 0.5 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 0.1 times the national median.

At 1,236 kWh a month a Foley Board of Utilities home pays about $167 in energy: 13.48 ¢/kWh, 11.2% below the Alabama average of 15.18 ¢.

It connects 0.5 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 0.1 times the national median.

Rooftop solar on the Foley Board of Utilities grid

Net-metered homes per 1,000: 0.50.1x the national median of 8.7

Net metering stands out at Foley Board of Utilities: 27 residential installations on 50,954 home accounts, 0.5 per 1,000. That is place 3 of 4 Alabama utilities and 0.1 times the national median (8.7). All installations together total 0.8 MW, an average of 23.3 kW each.

How it compares

Foley Board of Utilities
Foley Board of Utilities, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Foley Board of Utilities	13.48 ¢/kWh	11.79 ¢/kWh	$167at 1,236 kWh	64 minSAIDI
Alabama average against this company, which is 9 of 18 on price	+1.70 ¢/kWhcompany 11.2% below	+1.85 ¢/kWhcompany 13.6% below	+$21a month at 1,236 kWh	+65 mincompany 65 below
Cullman Electric Coop, IncLowest in this table	13.26 ¢/kWhcompany 1.7% above	14.18 ¢/kWhcompany 16.9% below	$1643 less than company	232 mincompany 168 below

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Foley Board of Utilities: 2025

Foley Board of Utilities: +3.6% on 2024 for homes, Alabama +6.1%.

Foley Board of Utilities home price, 2025: 13.97 ¢/kWh+3.6% on 2024, early release
Foley Board of Utilities SAIDI, 2025: 40 min-37% on 2024, early release
Foley Board of Utilities against Alabama, 2025: -2.4 pointsFoley Board of Utilities +3.6%, Alabama +6.1%, price in Alabama 16.10 ¢

Foley Board of Utilities reported 13.97 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +3.6% on its 2024 figure of 13.48, while the Alabama average moved +6.1%. Its SAIDI is 40 minutes against 64 in 2024.

Carbon context

Foley Board of Utilities serves 50,954 homes in Alabama. At 1,236 kWh a month that is about 399 kg of CO₂, or 4,783 kg a year, at the Alabama plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Alabama generation mix.

Foley Board of Utilities charts

Residential price since 2015: 13.48 ¢ in 2024

11.91 ¢ in 2015, 13.48 ¢ in 2024 (+13.2%); Alabama 11.70 to 15.18 ¢.

Foley Board of Utilities residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Foley Board of Utilities	Gap to Alabama residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	11.91	+0.21	-0.74
2016	11.96	-0.03	-0.59
2017	12.09	-0.46	-0.80
2018	11.97	-0.21	-0.90
2019	11.80	-0.73	-1.21
2020	11.71	-0.86	-1.44
2021	11.72	-1.24	-1.94
2022	12.44	-1.81	-2.60
2023	13.51	-1.12	-2.49
2024	13.48	-1.70	-3.00

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Foley Board of Utilities SAIDI, 2016-2024

73 min in 2016, 64 in 2024.

Foley Board of Utilities SAIDI by year, 2016 to 2024: 9 rows

Year	Foley Board of Utiliti, no major events
2016	73
2017	63
2018	54
2019	53
2020	64
2021	45
2022	55
2023	60
2024	64

9 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 64.4 min

64.4 min, 0.65x the median reporter, rank 212 of 673.

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Company, no major events64.4
Company, with major events69.6

Foley Board of Utilities, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 11.91 ¢ in 2015 to 13.48 ¢ in 2024, a move of +13.2%: Foley Board of Utilities lagged its state (+29.7%) by 16.6 points, and -17.1 points against the U.S. Foley Board of Utilities's sharpest move came in 2023, +8.6%. The high is 13.51 ¢ (2023) and the low 11.71 ¢ (2020). 2024: -0.2% here, +3.8% for the Alabama average. SAIDI at Foley Board of Utilities (major events excluded) went from 73 minutes in 2016 to 64 in 2024, -12%, between 45 (2021) and 73 (2016). Against the national median, Foley Board of Utilities came in lower on SAIDI in 9 of 9 years, and 2024 ended at 64 minutes, -35 from the median. 2020: 5822 minutes with major events, 64 without, the widest gap of any year. Foley Board of Utilities has 8 cheaper and 9 higher-priced Alabama peers among 18 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Cullman Electric Coop, Inc, bills 13.26 ¢ (-0.22). Next higher-priced, Baldwin County El Member Corp, bills 13.87 ¢ (+0.38).

Two good signs together. Rates are 11.2% below Alabama and outage time of 64 minutes beats the national median by 35%.

Home accounts at Foley Board of Utilities went from 35,466 in 2015 to 50,954 in 2024, +43.7%. Business customers paid 0.87 times the home price in 2024 (11.79 against 13.48 ¢); the ratio was 0.95 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.36 in 2016 to 1.01 in 2024, between 0.84 and 1.36.

Outages and home price of Foley Board of Utilities (EIA utility 6491), 2013 to 2024

By 2024 the average Foley Board of Utilities customer sat through 64 minutes of outage, against 138 in 2013 (−53%). The low came in 2021 at 45, the high in 2013 at 138; 10 years were filed. The Alabama median in 2024 was 120 minutes, so Foley Board of Utilities ran below it.

Home rates at Foley Board of Utilities went from 11.42 ¢ in 2013 to 13.48 ¢ in 2024 (+18.0%), which is 15.78 ¢ to 13.84 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−12.3%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $1,894 in 2013 and $1,660 in 2024. Of 43 Alabama utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Foley Board of Utilities stood 26th cheapest (30th of 49 in 2013).

Foley Board of Utilities outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 64 in 2024

Foley Board of Utilities at 64 min in 2024 and the Alabama median at 120.

Foley Board of Utilities home price since 2013: −12.3% after inflation

Foley Board of Utilities: 13.84 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 13.48 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Foley Board of Utilities, EIA utility 6491, year by year among Alabama utilities

Foley Board of Utilities 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Foley Board of Uti	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Foley Board of	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Foley Board of	Alabama median SAIDI
2013	11.42	15.78	30 of 49	138	1.94	4 of 8	140
2014	11.81	16.07	33 of 49	–	–	–	–
2015	11.91	16.18	32 of 49	–	–	–	–
2016	11.96	16.04	34 of 49	73	1.36	5 of 11	104
2017	12.09	15.87	32 of 49	63	1.13	3 of 13	124
2018	11.97	15.34	32 of 49	54	1.21	2 of 16	121
2019	11.80	14.87	35 of 58	53	1.09	3 of 17	124
2020	11.71	14.57	25 of 43	64	0.97	2 of 14	154
2021	11.72	13.92	23 of 43	45	0.85	3 of 14	93
2022	12.44	13.68	16 of 43	55	0.84	1 of 12	129
2023	13.51	14.27	26 of 43	60	0.97	2 of 10	144
2024	13.48	13.84	26 of 43	64	1.01	5 of 12	120

Foley Board of Utilities, EIA utility 6491: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Alabama real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 58,2702.1% of Alabama total
Residential accounts: 50,9542.1% of Alabama homes
Commercial accounts: 7,31312.6% of the base
Residential rate: 13.48 ¢/kWhplace 9 of 18, -11.2% against the state
Commercial rate: 11.79 ¢/kWhplace 11 of 38, -13.6% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 64.4 minbetter than 69% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 1.011.00x the median
SAIDI with major events: 69.6 min7.6% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 0.8 MW33 installations
Counties served: 1all in Alabama
Average residential use: 14,831 kWh/yr1,236 a month
Implied monthly bill: $167-$37 on the U.S. rate, 1,236 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +13.2%11.91 to 13.48 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: -12%73 min in 2016, 64 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Foley Board of Utilities

Foley Board of Utilities sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Alabama ¢/kWh
Residential	50,954	13.48	-1.70
Commercial	7,313	11.79	-1.85

Year by year, Foley Board of Utilities

Year	Home accounts, Foley Board of Utiliti	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	35,466	11.91	11.32	0.95	No data	No data
2016	36,621	11.96	11.15	0.93	73	1.36
2017	37,165	12.09	11.27	0.93	63	1.13
2018	39,708	11.97	11.18	0.93	54	1.21
2019	42,578	11.80	10.69	0.91	53	1.09
2020	44,679	11.71	10.69	0.91	64	0.97
2021	46,015	11.72	10.63	0.91	45	0.85
2022	47,726	12.44	11.33	0.91	55	0.84
2023	49,138	13.51	11.76	0.87	60	0.97
2024	50,954	13.48	11.79	0.87	64	1.01

Peers of Foley Board of Utilities in Alabama, place 9 of 18 on home price

Utility near Foley Board of Utilities on price	SAIDI min, gap to Foley Board of Utilities	Home ¢, gap to Foley Board of Utilities	Gap % to Foley Board of Utilities	Accounts, Foley Board of Utilities = 1
6. Sand Mountain Electric Coop	No data	-0.93	-6.9%	0.58
7. Black Warrior Elec Member Corp	No data	-0.24	-1.8%	0.46
8. Cullman Electric Coop, Inc	+168	-0.22	-1.6%	0.83
9. Foley Board of Utilities (this utility)	64	13.48	-	1.00
10. Baldwin County El Member Corp	-44	+0.38	+2.9%	1.57
11. Southern Pine Elec Coop, Inc	No data	+0.42	+3.1%	0.39
12. Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc	+180	+0.91	+6.7%	0.52

Who buys Foley Board of Utilities's electricity

Class at Foley Board of Utilities	Accounts	Of Foley Board of Utilities accounts	Of Foley Board of Utilities MWh sold	kWh a year per Foley Board of Utilities account
Residential	50,954	87.4%	59.9%	14,831
Commercial	7,313	12.6%	36.5%	62,975
Industrial and other	3	0.01%	3.6%	15,324,333

Foley Board of Utilities: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Foley Board of Utilities	Alabama context	Foley Board of Utilities detail
Foley Board of Utilities home meters on AMI	32.6%	Alabama 92.9%	16,628 of 50,954 meters
Home meters, AMR (drive-by read)	34,326	Alabama figure not published	67.4% of meters
Time-of-use rate for Foley Board of Utilities homes	Not on file	1 of 31 Alabama utilities offer one	no dynamic-pricing count filed by Foley Board of Utilities
Net-metered installations	33	82% residential	0.5 homes per 1,000 accounts, 23.3 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Foley Board of Utilities

kWh	Share of a 1,236 kWh month	Cost a month at 13.48 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	20%	$33.70	-$7.50	$404
500	40%	$67.41	-$14.99	$809
750	61%	$101.11	-$22.49	$1,213
1,000	81%	$134.82	-$29.98	$1,618
1,500	121%	$202.22	-$44.98	$2,427
2,000	162%	$269.63	-$59.97	$3,236

Outage record, Foley Board of Utilities

Measure, Foley Board of Utili	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	64.4	69.6	1.07 h
SAIFI interruptions	1.015	1.044	0.99 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	63.4	66.7	1.06 h

Territory of Foley Board of Utilities

1 Alabama counties, region not reported:

Alabama other states: 1 of 1 county of Foley Board of Utilities drawn

Foley Board of Utilities: 1 county listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Baldwin

Questions on Foley Board of Utilities

How many customers does Foley Board of Utilities serve in Alabama?

58,270 accounts in 2024: residential 50,954, commercial 7,313, industrial 3.

What is the average residential rate of Foley Board of Utilities?

In 2024 homes paid 13.48 cents; against the Alabama average that is -11.2%.

How reliable is Foley Board of Utilities by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 64.4 min and SAIFI 1.01 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.65, CAIDI 63 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Foley Board of Utilities grid?

33 installations with 0.8 MW, of which residential installations number 27.

What is the monthly bill at Foley Board of Utilities for average use?

1,236 kWh at 13.48 cents comes to about $167, energy only.

How does Foley Board of Utilities rank on price within Alabama?

Rank 9 of 18 in Alabama on price, -11.2% against the state average; 8 charge less than 13.48 ¢.

How much of the Foley Board of Utilities load is business?

Homes take 59.9% of 1,262,216 MWh, commercial accounts 36.5%, industrial and other 3.6%; the 7,313 commercial accounts use 62,975 kWh each, 4.2 times a home.

Does Foley Board of Utilities have smart meters or TOU rates?

16,628 of 50,954 home meters are AMI, 32.6%. Foley Board of Utilities reports no home time-of-use rate; 1 of 31 Alabama filers do.

Since 2015, has Foley Board of Utilities become cheaper than other Alabama utilities?

12th cheapest of 16 in 2015, 9th of 18 in 2024; its price rose 13.2% while Alabama rose 29.7%.

What did Foley Board of Utilities charge homes in 2025?

13.97 cents per kWh, +3.6% on the 13.48 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Foley Board of Utilities at 13.48 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

City of GarlandTexas, 13.48 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
Black River Electric Coop, IncSouth Carolina, 13.47 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
Nashville Electric ServiceTennessee, 13.47 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
Sulphur Springs Valley E C IncArizona, 13.49 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above

Rate plans on file

1 home plan record, energy charges: 10.1 ¢/kWh.

No time-of-use, tiered or demand-charge plan flagged.

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Foley Board of Utilities: 13.48 ¢/kWh for homes, 64 minutes of SAIDI

EIA-861 annual report entry for Foley Board of Utilities: 13.48 ¢/kWh for homes, 64 minutes of SAIDI, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Foley Board of Utilities: 13.48 ¢/kWh for homes, 64 minutes of SAIDI, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Foley Board of Utilities: 13.48 ¢/kWh for homes, 64 minutes of SAIDI, the state price average