Black River Electric Coop - (MO)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Black River Electric Coop - (MO) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Missouri under EIA identifier 1775. It reports service to approximately 24,920 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 69 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.

In 2023, the average Black River Electric Coop - (MO) customer experienced 1463.8 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that runs well past the 120–180 minute national benchmark, which can reflect storm-exposed terrain, an aging grid, or slower restoration times. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 509.3 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 1463.8 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

Black River Electric Coop - (MO) has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 351.6 to 1463.8 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.