Cooperative · Wisconsin · EIA 1251
Barron Electric Coop
Cooperative · Wisconsin · 19K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 207 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Barron Electric Coop shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 168 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 19K customers.
- 207 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.63
- SAIFI 2023
- 168 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 19K
- 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 Barron Electric Coop filings show
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.
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.
207 outage minutes per customer annually
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Barron Electric Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Barron Electric Coop SAIDI trend
Barron Electric Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
207 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 41% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more utilities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Barron Electric Coop sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Barron Electric Coop charges more per customer than 15% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 44% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less and is less reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,006/year · Latest SAIDI: 207.5 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 207.5 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 282.9 | 209.9 | 1.676 | 19,159 |
| 2021 | 161.6 | 161.6 | 1.316 | 19,405 |
| 2022 | 1142.0 | 245.8 | 2.801 | 19,612 |
| 2023 | 207.5 | 168.1 | 1.625 | 19,657 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Barron Electric Coop serves 31 ZIP codes in Wisconsin.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Barron Electric Coop?
Barron Electric Coop had a SAIDI of 207.5 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Barron Electric Coop?
Barron Electric Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Wisconsin.
How many customers does Barron Electric Coop serve?
Barron Electric Coop serves approximately 19,497 customers in Wisconsin.
How has Barron Electric Coop's reliability changed over time?
Barron Electric Coop has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Wisconsin
- Customers
- 19,497
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 1251
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Barron Electric Coop. 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 (19K here), outside Wisconsin.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (207.5 here), outside Wisconsin, 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.