Cooperative · Louisiana · EIA 5202
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)
Cooperative · Louisiana · 117K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 277 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 237 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 117K customers.
- 277 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 4.22
- SAIFI 2023
- 237 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 117K
- 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 Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) filings show
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Louisiana under EIA identifier 5202. It reports service to approximately 116,740 customer accounts and generated about $0.25 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 114 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 Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) customer experienced 276.8 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 4.22, putting the typical customer at roughly 4 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 236.7 minutes, and the spread against the headline 276.8 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)'s reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 1136.2 to 276.8 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching 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.
277 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) SAIDI trend
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
277 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 32% 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 Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) charges more per customer than 23% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 34% 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: $2,120/year · Latest SAIDI: 276.8 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 276.8 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1136.2 | 189.5 | 4.903 | 111,659 |
| 2021 | 7779.8 | 239.2 | 6.648 | 113,193 |
| 2022 | 212.7 | 212.7 | 3.081 | 113,831 |
| 2023 | 276.8 | 236.7 | 4.219 | 115,452 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) serves 114 ZIP codes in Louisiana.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)?
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) had a SAIDI of 276.8 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)?
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) is classified as a Cooperative serving Louisiana.
How many customers does Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) serve?
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) serves approximately 116,740 customers in Louisiana.
How has Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)'s reliability changed over time?
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) 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
- Louisiana
- Customers
- 116,740
- Annual Revenue
- $0.25B
- EIA ID
- 5202
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA). 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 (117K here), outside Louisiana.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (276.8 here), outside Louisiana, 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.