Cooperative · Kansas · EIA 10019
FreeState Electric Coop
Cooperative · Kansas · 19K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 403 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
FreeState Electric Coop shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 382 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 19K customers.
- 403 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 382 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 19K
- 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 FreeState Electric Coop filings show
FreeState Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Kansas under EIA identifier 10019. It reports service to approximately 18,856 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 38 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 FreeState Electric Coop customer experienced 402.7 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That exceeds the 120–180 minute national benchmark by a wide margin, a pattern often tied to severe weather exposure, older infrastructure, or longer repair windows. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 381.9 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 402.7 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for FreeState Electric Coop, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 312.0 to 402.7 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.
403 outage minutes per customer annually
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for FreeState Electric Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
FreeState Electric Coop SAIDI trend
FreeState Electric Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
403 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 22% 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 FreeState 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, FreeState Electric Coop charges more per customer than 32% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 25% 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: $2,252/year · Latest SAIDI: 402.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 402.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 312.0 | 312.0 | - | 18,451 |
| 2021 | 547.9 | 358.8 | - | 18,584 |
| 2022 | 305.9 | 304.9 | - | 18,731 |
| 2023 | 402.7 | 381.9 | - | 18,856 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
FreeState Electric Coop serves 38 ZIP codes in Kansas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is FreeState Electric Coop?
FreeState Electric Coop had a SAIDI of 402.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this trails the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is FreeState Electric Coop?
FreeState Electric Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Kansas.
How many customers does FreeState Electric Coop serve?
FreeState Electric Coop serves approximately 18,856 customers in Kansas.
How has FreeState Electric Coop's reliability changed over time?
FreeState Electric Coop 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
- Kansas
- Customers
- 18,856
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 10019
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for FreeState 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 (19K here), outside Kansas.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (402.7 here), outside Kansas, 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.