Cooperative · Oklahoma · EIA 4401
Cotton Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Oklahoma · 24K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 533 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Cotton Electric Coop, Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 231 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (533 minutes including them) across 24K customers.
- 533 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 4.02
- SAIFI 2023
- 231 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 24K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Cotton Electric Coop, Inc filings show
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.
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.
533 min/year per customer
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Cotton Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Cotton Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Cotton 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
533 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 17% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more utilities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Cotton 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, Cotton Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 86% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 19% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $3,382/year · Latest SAIDI: 532.8 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 532.8 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 605.9 | 224.4 | 3.380 | 22,140 |
| 2021 | 209.8 | 167.5 | 2.316 | 22,441 |
| 2022 | 240.7 | 240.7 | 2.190 | 22,655 |
| 2023 | 532.8 | 230.7 | 4.020 | 23,069 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Cotton Electric Coop, Inc serves 34 ZIP codes in Oklahoma.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Cotton Electric Coop, Inc?
Cotton Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 532.8 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 230.7 minutes excluding them (the industry-standard measure of routine reliability, so the gap traces back to a major storm that year, not a chronic issue). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Cotton Electric Coop, Inc?
Cotton Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Oklahoma.
How many customers does Cotton Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Cotton Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 23,550 customers in Oklahoma.
How has Cotton Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Cotton Electric 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
- 23,550
- Annual Revenue
- $0.08B
- EIA ID
- 4401
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Cotton 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 (24K here), outside Oklahoma.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (532.8 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.