Cooperative · Alabama · EIA 4430
Covington Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Alabama · 24K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 256 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Covington Electric Coop, Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 104 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (256 minutes including them) across 24K customers.
- 256 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.00
- SAIFI 2023
- 104 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: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Covington Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Covington Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Alabama under EIA identifier 4430. It reports service to approximately 24,434 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 27 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 Covington Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 255.6 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.00 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 104.3 minutes, and the spread against the headline 255.6 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Covington Electric Coop, Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 751.7 down to 255.6 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.
256 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 Covington Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Covington Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Covington 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
256 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 35% 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 Covington 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, Covington Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 49% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 38% 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: $2,524/year · Latest SAIDI: 255.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 255.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 751.7 | 413.3 | 3.026 | 23,206 |
| 2021 | 158.6 | 81.2 | 1.795 | 23,571 |
| 2022 | 108.5 | 90.3 | 1.211 | 24,214 |
| 2023 | 255.6 | 104.3 | 2.002 | 24,434 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Covington Electric Coop, Inc serves 27 ZIP codes in Alabama.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Covington Electric Coop, Inc?
Covington Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 255.6 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 104.3 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Covington Electric Coop, Inc?
Covington Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Alabama.
How many customers does Covington Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Covington Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 24,434 customers in Alabama.
How has Covington Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Covington 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
- 24,434
- Annual Revenue
- $0.06B
- EIA ID
- 4430
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Covington 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 Alabama.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (255.6 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.