Cooperative · Texas · EIA 5078
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Texas · 309K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 50 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 39 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 309K customers.
- 50 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.68
- SAIFI 2023
- 39 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 309K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage Denton County Elec Coop, Inc filings show
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Texas under EIA identifier 5078. It reports service to approximately 308,874 customer accounts and generated about $0.79 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 59 ZIP codes. Being member-owned, this cooperative answers to its ratepayers rather than outside shareholders, a structure that tends to influence how rate cases and capital spending get decided.
In 2023, the average Denton County Elec Coop, Inc customer experienced 50.4 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 0.68 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 39.0 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 50.4 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
Denton County Elec 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. SAIDI climbed from 37.4 to 50.4 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.
50 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 Denton County Elec Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
50 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 83% 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 Denton County Elec 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, Denton County Elec Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 51% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 86% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more and is more reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,550/year · Latest SAIDI: 50.4 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 50.4 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 37.4 | 32.3 | 0.621 | 258,793 |
| 2021 | 1032.8 | 40.6 | - | 274,949 |
| 2022 | 36.9 | 36.9 | 0.557 | 290,758 |
| 2023 | 50.4 | 39.0 | 0.678 | 310,230 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc serves 59 ZIP codes in Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Denton County Elec Coop, Inc?
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 50.4 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Denton County Elec Coop, Inc?
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Texas.
How many customers does Denton County Elec Coop, Inc serve?
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc serves approximately 308,874 customers in Texas.
How has Denton County Elec Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Denton County Elec 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
- Texas
- Customers
- 308,874
- Annual Revenue
- $0.79B
- EIA ID
- 5078
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Denton County Elec 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 (309K here), outside Texas.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (50.4 here), outside Texas, 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.