Agralite Electric Coop

What This Utility Data Tells You

Agralite Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 155. It reports service to approximately 5,372 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 22 ZIP codes. Being member-owned, this cooperative answers to its ratepayers rather than outside shareholders, a structure that tends to influence how rate cases and capital spending get decided.

In 2023, the average Agralite Electric Coop customer experienced 238.4 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.36 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 171.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 238.4 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Agralite Electric Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 155.5 to 238.4 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.