Cooperative · Idaho · EIA 6169
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc
Cooperative · Idaho · 18K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 10 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 8 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 18K customers.
- 10 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.09
- SAIFI 2023
- 8 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 18K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc filings show
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Idaho under EIA identifier 6169. It reports service to approximately 17,526 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 19 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 Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc customer experienced 10.0 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 0.09 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 0 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 8.2 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 10.0 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
Fall River Rural Elec 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 window, SAIDI moved from 130.7 down to 10.0 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes. Note: this figure is unusually low compared to typical U.S. utility performance and may reflect an incomplete EIA filing for this year rather than a genuine reliability improvement -- treat with caution and cross-check against Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc's other reported years.
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.
10 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 Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc SAIDI trend
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
10 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 97% 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 Fall River Rural Elec 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, Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc charges more per customer than 3% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 98% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,664/year · Latest SAIDI: 10.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 10.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 130.7 | 102.4 | 1.000 | 15,579 |
| 2021 | 168.3 | 137.4 | 1.327 | 16,155 |
| 2022 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 0.116 | 16,848 |
| 2023 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 0.090 | 17,526 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc serves 19 ZIP codes in Idaho.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc?
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc had a SAIDI of 10.0 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc?
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Idaho.
How many customers does Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc serve?
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc serves approximately 17,526 customers in Idaho.
How has Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc's reliability changed over time?
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc 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
- Idaho
- Customers
- 17,526
- Annual Revenue
- $0.03B
- EIA ID
- 6169
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Fall River Rural Elec 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 (18K here), outside Idaho.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (10.0 here), outside Idaho, 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.