Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (NM)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (NM) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in New Mexico under EIA identifier 6198. It reports service to approximately 13,598 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 29 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 - (NM) customer experienced 213.0 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.74 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 198.0 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 213.0 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (NM), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 163.0 to 213.0 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.