Empire Electric Assn, Inc

What This Utility Data Tells You

Empire Electric Assn, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Colorado under EIA identifier 5862. It reports service to approximately 15,715 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 21 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 Empire Electric Assn, Inc customer experienced 116.4 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 1.45, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 116.4 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 116.4 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Empire Electric Assn, Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI dropped from 123.2 to 116.4 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.