Cooperative · New Mexico · EIA 3273
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc
Cooperative · New Mexico · 19K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 694 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 392 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 19K customers.
- 694 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 6.40
- SAIFI 2023
- 392 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 19K
- 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 Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc filings show
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in New Mexico under EIA identifier 3273. It reports service to approximately 18,991 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 36 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 Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc customer experienced 694.0 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That is substantially above the 120–180 minute national benchmark, indicating either storm-prone geography, aging infrastructure, or extended restoration windows. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 6.40, putting the typical customer at roughly 6 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 391.8 minutes, and the spread against the headline 694.0 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 498.1 to 694.0 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
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.
694 outage minutes per customer annually
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
694 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 12% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Central New Mexico El 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, Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 16% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 13% 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: $2,012/year · Latest SAIDI: 694.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 694.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 498.1 | 302.7 | 3.400 |
| 2021 | 640.9 | 375.0 | 2.950 |
| 2022 | 673.0 | 367.0 | 3.744 |
| 2023 | 694.0 | 391.8 | 6.400 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc serves 36 ZIP codes in New Mexico.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc?
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 694.0 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is above the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc?
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving New Mexico.
How many customers does Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc serve?
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc serves approximately 18,991 customers in New Mexico.
How has Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- New Mexico
- Customers
- 18,991
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 3273
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Central New Mexico El 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 (19K here), outside New Mexico.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (694.0 here), outside New Mexico, 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.