State · EIA Form 861 · ND
North Dakota
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, SAIDI and SAIFI for North Dakota utilities come from the federal annual survey. 8 utilities report reliability metrics; figures are customer-weighted state averages, not a guarantee for any single address.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 156 and 365 minute tercile cuts (51 states with averages).
EIA Form 861 · Continuity Brief
North Dakota
EIA Form 861 Continuity Brief · August 2026 · IEEE 1366 SAIDI/SAIFI minutes, not a storm forecast.
North Dakota sits mid-pack on SAIDI at 364.7 minutes across 8 EIA Form 861 utilities, spanning Verendrye Electric Coop Inc lowest at 47.2 to Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc highest at 2339.4.
Named SAIDI peers (in-state best + nearest-state averages)
State SAIDI neighbourhood (minutes / customer-year)
- North Dakota 364.7
- Ohio 366.2
- Missouri 374.2
- Alaska 375.3
- California 346.5
- Georgia 345.9
Lower is fewer interruption minutes. Neighbours are nearest other-state averages in this corpus.
North Dakota vs all states by EIA Form 861 utility headcount
Where this state's reporting utility count sits among every state in the Form 861 file (coverage density, not reliability quality)
8 Top 71% more reporting utilities than 29% of 51 states
States, banded by electric utilities reporting on EIA Form 861
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EIA Form 861 · 2026-08-30
Utilities Ranked by Reliability
All 8 electric utilities in North Dakota with reliability data, sorted by 2023 SAIDI (fewest outage minutes first).
Lowest-SAIDI utilities in North Dakota
Fewest outage minutes · live table sort
Top 8 North Dakota utilities by fewest outage minutes. Lower SAIDI is better - not a quality score beyond interruption duration.
Lowest-SAIDI utilities in North Dakota
| # | Utility | Type | SAIDI 2023 | SAIFI 2023 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verendrye Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 47.2 | 0.63 | 16,637 |
| 2 | Capital Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 59.7 | 0.59 | 22,225 |
| 3 | McKenzie Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 142.5 | 1.24 | 13,511 |
| 4 | Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop | Cooperative | 241.8 | 1.39 | 18,949 |
| 5 | Nodak Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 302.2 | 1.56 | 21,123 |
| 6 | Cass County Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 437.1 | 0.83 | 58,221 |
| 7 | Northern Plains Electric Coop | Cooperative | 551.4 | 2.14 | 11,940 |
| 8 | Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 2339.4 | 2.73 | 6,860 |
Nationwide states with similar utility inventory
Two cross-state peer sets for North Dakota. Nearest-SAIDI neighbors stay in Read-with below; these neighborhoods compare EIA Form 861 headcount and summed customer accounts.
Similar utility headcount
Nearest states by reporting utility count (8 here).
Read with this North Dakota roster
- Lowest published SAIDI in North Dakota: Verendrye Electric Coop Inc (47.2 min)
- Highest published SAIDI in North Dakota: Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc (2339.4 min)
- Ownership mix here: Cooperative leads (8 of 8 utilities) · national type means
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Ohio (366.2 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Missouri (374.2 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Alaska (375.3 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: California (346.5 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Georgia (345.9 min)
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Form 861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report, reliability · 2020-2023 State averages are rebuilt from utility filings in this portal DB; corpus ranks use headcount and customer sums.