Capital Electric Coop, Inc

What This Utility Data Tells You

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.