Cooperative · Tennessee · EIA 2960
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Tennessee · 35K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 549 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 162 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (549 minutes including them) across 35K customers.
- 549 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 162 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 35K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Tennessee under EIA identifier 2960. It reports service to approximately 35,186 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 25 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 Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 549.0 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or 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. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 162.0 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 549.0 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 786.6 to 549.0 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.
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.
549 outage minutes per customer annually
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
549 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 16% 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 Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 20% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 18% 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: $2,071/year · Latest SAIDI: 549.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 549.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 786.6 | 237.0 | - |
| 2021 | 397.0 | 164.0 | - |
| 2022 | 335.0 | 96.0 | - |
| 2023 | 549.0 | 162.0 | - |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc serves 25 ZIP codes in Tennessee.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc?
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 549.0 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 162.0 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc?
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Tennessee.
How many customers does Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 35,186 customers in Tennessee.
How has Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Tennessee
- Customers
- 35,186
- Annual Revenue
- $0.07B
- EIA ID
- 2960
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc. 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 (35K here), outside Tennessee.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (549.0 here), outside Tennessee, 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.