Cooperative · North Dakota · EIA 2985
Capital Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · North Dakota · 22K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 60 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Capital Electric Coop, Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 38 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 22K customers.
- 60 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.59
- SAIFI 2023
- 38 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 22K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage Capital Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Capital Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Dakota under EIA identifier 2985. It reports service to approximately 22,225 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 19 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 Capital Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 59.7 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or 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. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.59, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 37.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 59.7 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Capital Electric Coop, Inc 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 28.9 to 59.7 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
60 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 Capital Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Capital Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Capital 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
60 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 79% 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 Capital 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, Capital Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 10% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 82% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,901/year · Latest SAIDI: 59.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 59.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 28.9 | 28.9 | 0.376 |
| 2021 | 55.5 | 55.5 | 1.173 |
| 2022 | 58.0 | 57.4 | 0.637 |
| 2023 | 59.7 | 37.7 | 0.588 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Capital Electric Coop, Inc serves 19 ZIP codes in North Dakota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Capital Electric Coop, Inc?
Capital Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 59.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Capital Electric Coop, Inc?
Capital Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving North Dakota.
How many customers does Capital Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Capital Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 22,225 customers in North Dakota.
How has Capital Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Capital 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
- North Dakota
- Customers
- 22,225
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 2985
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Capital 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 (22K here), outside North Dakota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (59.7 here), outside North Dakota, 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.