Cooperative · New Mexico · EIA 4265
Continental Divide El Coop Inc
Cooperative · New Mexico · 23K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 222 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Continental Divide El Coop Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 221 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 23K customers.
- 222 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.28
- SAIFI 2023
- 221 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 23K
- 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 Continental Divide El Coop Inc filings show
Continental Divide El Coop Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in New Mexico under EIA identifier 4265. It reports service to approximately 23,468 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 43 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 Continental Divide El Coop Inc customer experienced 222.4 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.28 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 221.2 minutes, and the spread against the headline 222.4 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
Continental Divide El 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 146.0 to 222.4 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.
222 outage minutes per customer annually
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Continental Divide El Coop Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Continental Divide El Coop Inc SAIDI trend
Continental Divide 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
222 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 39% 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 Continental Divide 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, Continental Divide El Coop Inc charges more per customer than 47% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 42% 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: $2,498/year · Latest SAIDI: 222.4 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 222.4 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 146.0 | 79.7 | - | - |
| 2021 | 252.6 | 128.9 | - | - |
| 2022 | 289.7 | 191.0 | 2.190 | 23,667 |
| 2023 | 222.4 | 221.2 | 2.284 | 23,693 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Continental Divide El Coop Inc serves 43 ZIP codes in New Mexico.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Continental Divide El Coop Inc?
Continental Divide El Coop Inc had a SAIDI of 222.4 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Continental Divide El Coop Inc?
Continental Divide El Coop Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving New Mexico.
How many customers does Continental Divide El Coop Inc serve?
Continental Divide El Coop Inc serves approximately 23,468 customers in New Mexico.
How has Continental Divide El Coop Inc's reliability changed over time?
Continental Divide El Coop Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- New Mexico
- Customers
- 23,468
- Annual Revenue
- $0.06B
- EIA ID
- 4265
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Continental Divide 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 (23K here), outside New Mexico.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (222.4 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.