Cooperative · Tennessee · EIA 6608
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop
Cooperative · Tennessee · 36K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 722 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 722 minutes SAIDI across 36K customers.
- 722 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.91
- SAIFI 2023
- 36K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Fort Loudoun Electric Coop filings show
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Tennessee under EIA identifier 6608. It reports service to approximately 35,523 customer accounts and generated about $0.08 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 17 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 Fort Loudoun Electric Coop customer experienced 721.6 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That is substantially above the 120–180 minute national benchmark, indicating either storm-prone geography, aging infrastructure, or extended restoration windows. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 3.91 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 4 distinct interruptions that year.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Fort Loudoun Electric Coop, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 464.4 to 721.6 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
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.
722 minutes per customer per year
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Fort Loudoun Electric Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop SAIDI trend
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
722 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 11% 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 Fort Loudoun Electric Coop sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Fort Loudoun Electric Coop charges more per customer than 25% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 12% 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: $2,162/year · Latest SAIDI: 721.6 minutes/year.
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 464.4 | 399.7 | 2.925 | 32,785 |
| 2021 | 271.0 | 271.0 | 2.561 | 33,374 |
| 2022 | 674.4 | 403.7 | 5.773 | 34,061 |
| 2023 | 721.6 | - | 3.911 | 34,714 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop serves 17 ZIP codes in Tennessee.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Fort Loudoun Electric Coop?
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop had a SAIDI of 721.6 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is above the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Fort Loudoun Electric Coop?
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Tennessee.
How many customers does Fort Loudoun Electric Coop serve?
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop serves approximately 35,523 customers in Tennessee.
How has Fort Loudoun Electric Coop's reliability changed over time?
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop 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
- Tennessee
- Customers
- 35,523
- Annual Revenue
- $0.08B
- EIA ID
- 6608
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Fort Loudoun Electric Coop. 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 (36K here), outside Tennessee.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (721.6 here), outside Tennessee, 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.