Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc

What This Utility Data Tells You

Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 1529. It reports service to approximately 22,180 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 28 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 Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 105.4 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.07 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 88.4 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 105.4 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year.