Cotton Electric Coop, Inc

What This Utility Data Tells You

Cotton Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Oklahoma under EIA identifier 4401. It reports service to approximately 23,550 customer accounts and generated about $0.08 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 34 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 Cotton Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 532.8 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 4.02 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 4 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 230.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 532.8 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

Cotton 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. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 605.9 down to 532.8 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.