Dixie Electric Power Assn - (MS)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Dixie Electric Power Assn - (MS) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Mississippi under EIA identifier 5175. It reports service to approximately 41,124 customer accounts and generated about $0.10 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 27 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 Dixie Electric Power Assn - (MS) customer experienced 440.1 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 2.36 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 151.5 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 440.1 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Dixie Electric Power Assn - (MS), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 1036.7 down to 440.1 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.