Cooperative · Alabama · EIA 4327
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc
Cooperative · Alabama · 18K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 179 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 179 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 18K customers.
- 179 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.50
- SAIFI 2023
- 179 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 18K
- 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 Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc filings show
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Alabama under EIA identifier 4327. It reports service to approximately 18,109 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 28 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 Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc customer experienced 178.7 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. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.50 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 178.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 178.7 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
Coosa Valley 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 dropped from 1492.6 to 178.7 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely. Note: this figure is unusually low compared to typical U.S. utility performance and may reflect an incomplete EIA filing for this year rather than a genuine reliability improvement -- treat with caution and cross-check against Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc's other reported years.
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.
179 outage minutes per customer annually
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc SAIDI trend
Coosa Valley 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
179 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 47% 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 Coosa Valley 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, Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc charges more per customer than 58% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 50% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more and is more reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,665/year · Latest SAIDI: 178.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 178.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1492.6 | 160.1 | 3.500 | 17,299 |
| 2021 | 306.2 | 129.6 | 1.950 | 17,382 |
| 2022 | 266.5 | 145.7 | 1.838 | 17,807 |
| 2023 | 178.7 | 178.7 | 1.500 | 18,061 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc serves 28 ZIP codes in Alabama.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc?
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc had a SAIDI of 178.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc?
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Alabama.
How many customers does Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc serve?
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc serves approximately 18,109 customers in Alabama.
How has Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc's reliability changed over time?
Coosa Valley 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
- Alabama
- Customers
- 18,109
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 4327
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Coosa Valley 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 (18K here), outside Alabama.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (178.7 here), outside Alabama, 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.