Barron Electric Coop

What This Utility Data Tells You

Barron Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Wisconsin under EIA identifier 1251. It reports service to approximately 19,497 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 31 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 Barron Electric Coop customer experienced 207.5 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.63, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 168.1 minutes, and the spread against the headline 207.5 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Barron Electric Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 282.9 to 207.5 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.