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 — a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). 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 2.07 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 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.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Beltrami Electric Coop, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. All figures on this page come directly from EIA Form 861, the federal annual electric power industry survey, with service territory ZIPs sourced from OpenEI — you can cross-reference them with your own utility bill or use them when comparing providers before relocating.