Cooperative · Oklahoma · EIA 4296
Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Oklahoma · 19K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 183 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 108 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 19K customers.
- 183 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.93
- SAIFI 2023
- 108 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: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc filings show
Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Oklahoma under EIA identifier 4296. It reports service to approximately 18,844 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 30 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 Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc customer experienced 183.3 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). 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 0.93 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 107.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 183.3 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 653.1 to 183.3 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.
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.
183 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Cookson Hills 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
183 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 46% 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 Cookson Hills 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, Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 21% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 49% 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: $2,092/year · Latest SAIDI: 183.3 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 183.3 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 653.1 | 143.8 | 1.221 | 18,017 |
| 2021 | 117.5 | 106.6 | 0.809 | 18,364 |
| 2022 | 97.5 | 89.8 | 0.782 | 18,661 |
| 2023 | 183.3 | 107.7 | 0.933 | 18,795 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc serves 30 ZIP codes in Oklahoma.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc?
Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 183.3 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc?
Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Oklahoma.
How many customers does Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc serve?
Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc serves approximately 18,844 customers in Oklahoma.
How has Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Cookson Hills 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
- Oklahoma
- Customers
- 18,844
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 4296
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Cookson Hills 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 (19K here), outside Oklahoma.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (183.3 here), outside Oklahoma, 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.