Cooperative · Missouri · EIA 4524
Crawford Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Missouri · 21K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 1161 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Crawford Electric Coop, Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 304 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (1161 minutes including them) across 21K customers.
- 1161 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.38
- SAIFI 2023
- 304 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 21K
- 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 Crawford Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Crawford Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Missouri under EIA identifier 4524. It reports service to approximately 21,397 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 64 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 Crawford Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 1161.2 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that exceeds the 120–180 minute national benchmark by a wide margin, a pattern often tied to severe weather exposure, older infrastructure, or longer repair windows. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 3.38 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 3 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 303.9 minutes, and the spread against the headline 1161.2 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Crawford Electric Coop, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 360.2 to 1161.2 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
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.
1161 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 Crawford Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Crawford Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Crawford 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
1,161 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 6% 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 Crawford 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, Crawford Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 6% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 6% 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: $1,749/year · Latest SAIDI: 1161.2 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 1161.2 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 360.2 | 360.2 | 2.102 | 20,388 |
| 2021 | 205.9 | 205.9 | 1.521 | 20,821 |
| 2022 | 304.5 | 212.2 | 1.587 | 21,340 |
| 2023 | 1161.2 | 303.9 | 3.379 | 21,551 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Crawford Electric Coop, Inc serves 64 ZIP codes in Missouri.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Crawford Electric Coop, Inc?
Crawford Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 1161.2 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 303.9 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 storm impacts, this trails the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Crawford Electric Coop, Inc?
Crawford Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Missouri.
How many customers does Crawford Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Crawford Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 21,397 customers in Missouri.
How has Crawford Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Crawford 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
- Missouri
- Customers
- 21,397
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 4524
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Crawford 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 (21K here), outside Missouri.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (1161.2 here), outside Missouri, 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.