Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp

What This Utility Data Tells You

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Arkansas under EIA identifier 817. It reports service to approximately 57,804 customer accounts and generated about $0.13 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 80 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.

In 2023, the average Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp customer experienced 778.2 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 3.05 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 3 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 270.6 minutes, and the spread against the headline 778.2 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 321.6 to 778.2 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.