Citizens Electric Corporation - (MO)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Citizens Electric Corporation - (MO) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Missouri under EIA identifier 3600. It reports service to approximately 27,524 customer accounts and generated about $0.14 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 31 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.

In 2023, the average Citizens Electric Corporation - (MO) customer experienced 335.6 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.79 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 159.8 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 335.6 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Citizens Electric Corporation - (MO), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 72.6 to 335.6 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.