Cooperative · Kentucky · EIA 4622
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.
Cooperative · Kentucky · 24K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 737 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 340 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (737 minutes including them) across 24K customers.
- 737 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.58
- SAIFI 2023
- 340 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 Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. filings show
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Kentucky under EIA identifier 4622. It reports service to approximately 24,054 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 58 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 Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. customer experienced 737.0 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. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 3.58, putting the typical customer at roughly 4 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 339.7 minutes, and the spread against the headline 737.0 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
Cumberland Valley Electric, 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 2012.6 down to 737.0 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.
737 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 Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. SAIDI trend
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
737 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 11% 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 Cumberland Valley Electric, 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, Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. charges more per customer than 38% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 12% 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: $2,338/year · Latest SAIDI: 737.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 737.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2012.6 | 392.3 | 6.407 | 23,975 |
| 2021 | 971.9 | 278.0 | 3.740 | 24,140 |
| 2022 | 1050.1 | 286.3 | 4.399 | 24,190 |
| 2023 | 737.0 | 339.7 | 3.576 | 24,247 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. serves 58 ZIP codes in Kentucky.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.?
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. had a SAIDI of 737.0 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 339.7 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard measure of day-to-day reliability, the gap reflects a major storm that year, not chronic performance). Excluding major storm impacts, this trails the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.?
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. is classified as a Cooperative serving Kentucky.
How many customers does Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. serve?
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. serves approximately 24,054 customers in Kentucky.
How has Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.'s reliability changed over time?
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Kentucky
- Customers
- 24,054
- Annual Revenue
- $0.06B
- EIA ID
- 4622
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Cumberland Valley Electric, 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 Kentucky.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (737.0 here), outside Kentucky, 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.