Cooperative · Alabama · EIA 19219
Diverse Power Incorporated
Cooperative · Alabama · 37K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 2410 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Diverse Power Incorporated shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 353 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (2410 minutes including them) across 37K customers.
- 2410 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 7.00
- SAIFI 2023
- 353 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 37K
- 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 Diverse Power Incorporated filings show
Diverse Power Incorporated is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Alabama under EIA identifier 19219. It reports service to approximately 36,503 customer accounts and generated about $0.11 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 28 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 Diverse Power Incorporated customer experienced 2410.4 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or 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 7.00, putting the typical customer at roughly 7 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 353.4 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 2410.4 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Diverse Power Incorporated's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI climbed from 329.0 to 2410.4 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.
2410 outage minutes per customer annually
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Diverse Power Incorporated from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Diverse Power Incorporated SAIDI trend
Diverse Power Incorporated vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
2,410 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 1% 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 Diverse Power Incorporated sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Diverse Power Incorporated charges more per customer than 75% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 1% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $3,025/year · Latest SAIDI: 2410.4 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 2410.4 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 329.0 | 309.8 | 3.321 | 662 |
| 2021 | 158.3 | 75.2 | 2.441 | 671 |
| 2022 | 281.0 | 80.7 | 1.628 | 670 |
| 2023 | 2410.4 | 353.4 | 7.000 | 689 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Diverse Power Incorporated serves 28 ZIP codes in Alabama.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Diverse Power Incorporated?
Diverse Power Incorporated had a SAIDI of 2410.4 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 353.4 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 Diverse Power Incorporated?
Diverse Power Incorporated is classified as a Cooperative serving Alabama.
How many customers does Diverse Power Incorporated serve?
Diverse Power Incorporated serves approximately 36,503 customers in Alabama.
How has Diverse Power Incorporated's reliability changed over time?
Diverse Power Incorporated 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
- 36,503
- Annual Revenue
- $0.11B
- EIA ID
- 19219
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Diverse Power Incorporated. 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 (37K here), outside Alabama.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (2410.4 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.