Cooperative · New Mexico · EIA 3287
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc
Cooperative · New Mexico · 15K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 325 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 261 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 15K customers.
- 325 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.53
- SAIFI 2023
- 261 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 15K
- 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 Valley Elec Coop, Inc filings show
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in New Mexico under EIA identifier 3287. It reports service to approximately 14,945 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 16 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 Valley Elec Coop, Inc customer experienced 324.7 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.53 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 3 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 260.9 minutes; the difference from the headline 324.7 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Central Valley Elec 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. SAIDI has increased from 244.8 to 324.7 minutes, which may reflect either 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.
325 min/year per customer
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
325 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 29% 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 Central Valley Elec 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 Valley Elec Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 96% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 32% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $4,655/year · Latest SAIDI: 324.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 324.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 244.8 | 181.5 | 1.925 | 14,968 |
| 2021 | 528.1 | 344.7 | 2.910 | 15,070 |
| 2022 | 406.2 | 236.8 | 2.274 | 15,072 |
| 2023 | 324.7 | 260.9 | 2.528 | 14,934 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc serves 16 ZIP codes in New Mexico.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc?
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 324.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc?
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving New Mexico.
How many customers does Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc serve?
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc serves approximately 14,945 customers in New Mexico.
How has Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- New Mexico
- Customers
- 14,945
- Annual Revenue
- $0.07B
- EIA ID
- 3287
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Central Valley Elec 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 (15K here), outside New Mexico.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (324.7 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.