Cooperative · Texas · EIA 1175
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Texas · 41K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 142 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 49 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (142 minutes including them) across 41K customers.
- 142 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.03
- SAIFI 2023
- 49 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 41K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Bandera Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Texas under EIA identifier 1175. It reports service to approximately 41,188 customer accounts and generated about $0.08 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 34 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 Bandera Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 141.9 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.03 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 48.7 minutes, and the spread against the headline 141.9 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Bandera Electric Coop, Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 181.4 to 141.9 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.
Based on this utility's own EIA Form 861 reliability record -- baseline (major-event- excluded) outage duration, total outage duration, and outage frequency -- each benchmarked against every reporting utility nationwide. Not a measure of electricity rates or customer service, which this portal does not track.
142 outage minutes per customer annually
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Bandera Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
142 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 56% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Bandera Electric Coop, Inc sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Bandera Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 15% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 59% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,007/year · Latest SAIDI: 141.9 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 141.9 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 181.4 | 40.3 | 0.770 | 37,882 |
| 2021 | 942.1 | 63.9 | 18.960 | 39,054 |
| 2022 | 143.1 | 59.2 | 2.260 | 40,311 |
| 2023 | 141.9 | 48.7 | 1.026 | 41,204 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc serves 34 ZIP codes in Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Bandera Electric Coop, Inc?
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 141.9 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 48.7 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard measure of day-to-day reliability, the gap reflects a major storm that year, not chronic performance). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Bandera Electric Coop, Inc?
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Texas.
How many customers does Bandera Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 41,188 customers in Texas.
How has Bandera Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Texas
- Customers
- 41,188
- Annual Revenue
- $0.08B
- EIA ID
- 1175
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Bandera Electric Coop, Inc. Same-state SAIDI neighbors stay in Read-with below; these neighborhoods are nearest other-state utilities with at least 10,000 reported customers.
Similar customer count
Nearest utilities by Form 861 customers (41K here), outside Texas.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (141.9 here), outside Texas, excluding the customer-peer set.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Form 861 annual electric power industry survey · ZIP service territory: OpenEI. Disclaimer: informational only, not professional advice. See full disclaimer · methodology.