Cooperative · Missouri · EIA 6181
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO)
Cooperative · Missouri · 14K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 177 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 72 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (177 minutes including them) across 14K customers.
- 177 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.91
- SAIFI 2023
- 72 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 Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) filings show
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Missouri under EIA identifier 6181. It reports service to approximately 13,504 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 45 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 Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) customer experienced 176.9 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.91, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 72.1 minutes, and the spread against the headline 176.9 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) 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 8.9 to 176.9 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.
177 min/year per customer
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) SAIDI trend
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
177 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 47% 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 Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) charges more per customer than 37% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 51% 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: $2,322/year · Latest SAIDI: 176.9 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 176.9 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 0.070 | - |
| 2021 | 194.8 | 79.1 | 1.000 | - |
| 2022 | 140.4 | 140.4 | 0.890 | - |
| 2023 | 176.9 | 72.1 | 0.910 | 13,441 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) serves 45 ZIP codes in Missouri.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO)?
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) had a SAIDI of 176.9 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 72.1 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO)?
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) is classified as a Cooperative serving Missouri.
How many customers does Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) serve?
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) serves approximately 13,504 customers in Missouri.
How has Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO)'s reliability changed over time?
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) 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
- Missouri
- Customers
- 13,504
- Annual Revenue
- $0.03B
- EIA ID
- 6181
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Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO). 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 Missouri.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (176.9 here), outside Missouri, 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.