Craighead Electric Coop Corp

What This Utility Data Tells You

Craighead Electric Coop Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Arkansas under EIA identifier 4509. It reports service to approximately 31,788 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 57 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 Craighead Electric Coop Corp customer experienced 438.6 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That runs well past the 120–180 minute national benchmark, which can reflect storm-exposed terrain, an aging grid, or slower restoration times. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 3.21, putting the typical customer at roughly 3 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 420.8 minutes, and the spread against the headline 438.6 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Craighead Electric Coop Corp's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI climbed from 132.5 to 438.6 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.