Cooperative · Michigan · EIA 3436
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc
Cooperative · Michigan · 38K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 109 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 47 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (109 minutes including them) across 38K customers.
- 109 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.82
- SAIFI 2023
- 47 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 38K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Cherryland Electric Coop Inc filings show
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Michigan under EIA identifier 3436. It reports service to approximately 38,006 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 42 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 Cherryland Electric Coop Inc customer experienced 108.9 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 0.82 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 47.5 minutes; the difference from the headline 108.9 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Cherryland 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. SAIDI has increased from 107.2 to 108.9 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.
109 min/year per customer
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Cherryland Electric Coop Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc SAIDI trend
Cherryland 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
109 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 63% 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 Cherryland 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, Cherryland Electric Coop Inc charges more per customer than 1% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 67% 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: $1,517/year · Latest SAIDI: 108.9 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 108.9 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 107.2 | 70.9 | 0.780 | 36,919 |
| 2021 | 487.7 | 65.5 | 1.360 | 37,496 |
| 2022 | 105.3 | 70.2 | 1.025 | 38,094 |
| 2023 | 108.9 | 47.5 | 0.824 | 38,630 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc serves 42 ZIP codes in Michigan.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Cherryland Electric Coop Inc?
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc had a SAIDI of 108.9 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 47.5 minutes excluding them (the industry-standard measure of routine reliability, so the gap traces back to a major storm that year, not a chronic issue). Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Cherryland Electric Coop Inc?
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Michigan.
How many customers does Cherryland Electric Coop Inc serve?
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc serves approximately 38,006 customers in Michigan.
How has Cherryland Electric Coop Inc's reliability changed over time?
Cherryland Electric 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
- Michigan
- Customers
- 38,006
- Annual Revenue
- $0.06B
- EIA ID
- 3436
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Cherryland 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 (38K here), outside Michigan.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (108.9 here), outside Michigan, 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.