Access Energy Coop

Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).

What short-outage Access Energy Coop filings show

Access Energy Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Iowa under EIA identifier 16611. It reports service to approximately 9,043 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 37 ZIP codes. As a cooperative, its governance is accountable to its ratepayer-members rather than shareholders, which often shapes rate-setting and reinvestment priorities.

In 2023, the average Access Energy Coop customer experienced 88.0 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.84, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 85.0 minutes; the difference from the headline 88.0 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Access Energy Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 120.0 down to 88.0 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.