Martinsville Electric lands APPA reliability recognition in top national utility percentile

The City of Martinsville says Martinsville Electric earned a Certificate of Excellence in Reliability from the American Public Power Association, with performance listed in the top 25% of utilities tracked nationwide.

The city posted the recognition on April 9, 2026, framing it as a benchmark tied to outage response and service consistency for local customers.

For Martinsville and Henry County households, reliability metrics matter most when spring storm activity increases and demand swings begin heading into warmer-weather usage.

This notice functions as a same-week public-service signal on system performance, and residents can pair it with local outage and billing notices as other utility operations updates roll out this month.

Source: City of Martinsville News Flash item "Martinsville Electric Ranks in Top National Percentile for Reliability" (posted April 9, 2026), martinsville-va.gov.