Cooperative · Indiana · EIA 5394
Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc
Cooperative · Indiana · 14K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 199 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 113 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 14K customers.
- 199 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.89
- SAIFI 2023
- 113 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 14K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc filings show
Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Indiana under EIA identifier 5394. It reports service to approximately 14,337 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 28 ZIP codes. As a cooperative, its governance is accountable to its ratepayer-members rather than shareholders, which often shapes rate-setting and reinvestment priorities.
In 2023, the average Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc customer experienced 199.0 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or 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. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.89 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 113.0 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 199.0 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
Dubois Rural Electric 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. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 129.0 to 199.0 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
199 outage minutes per customer annually
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc SAIDI trend
Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
199 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 43% 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 Dubois Rural Electric 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, Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc charges more per customer than 48% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 47% 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: $2,512/year · Latest SAIDI: 199.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 199.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 129.0 | 129.0 | 1.100 |
| 2021 | 51.0 | 49.0 | 0.600 |
| 2022 | 101.8 | 100.4 | 0.780 |
| 2023 | 199.0 | 113.0 | 1.890 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc serves 28 ZIP codes in Indiana.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc?
Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc had a SAIDI of 199.0 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc?
Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Indiana.
How many customers does Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc serve?
Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc serves approximately 14,337 customers in Indiana.
How has Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc's reliability changed over time?
Dubois Rural Electric Coop 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
- Indiana
- Customers
- 14,337
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 5394
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Dubois Rural Electric 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 (14K here), outside Indiana.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (199.0 here), outside Indiana, 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.