Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp

What This Utility Data Tells You

Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Kentucky under EIA identifier 1886. It reports service to approximately 62,768 customer accounts and generated about $0.15 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 45 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 Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp customer experienced 1233.7 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 2.38, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 254.9 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 1233.7 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has increased from 194.7 to 1233.7 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.