Cooperative · Florida · EIA 7264
Glades Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Florida · 18K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 376 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Glades Electric Coop, Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 376 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 18K customers.
- 376 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.82
- SAIFI 2023
- 376 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: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Glades Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Glades Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Florida under EIA identifier 7264. It reports service to approximately 18,119 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 18 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 Glades Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 375.5 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (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. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 0.82 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 375.5 minutes, and the spread against the headline 375.5 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Glades Electric Coop, Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 292.7 to 375.5 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.
376 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Glades Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Glades Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Glades Electric Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
376 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 24% 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 Glades Electric 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, Glades Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 73% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 27% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,970/year · Latest SAIDI: 375.5 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 375.5 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 292.7 | 292.7 | 3.103 | 17,018 |
| 2021 | 333.6 | 302.9 | 2.742 | 17,346 |
| 2022 | 4392.8 | 308.9 | 2.567 | 17,803 |
| 2023 | 375.5 | 375.5 | 0.823 | 18,407 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Glades Electric Coop, Inc serves 18 ZIP codes in Florida.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Glades Electric Coop, Inc?
Glades Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 375.5 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this trails the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Glades Electric Coop, Inc?
Glades Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Florida.
How many customers does Glades Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Glades Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 18,119 customers in Florida.
How has Glades Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Glades Electric Coop, Inc 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
- Florida
- Customers
- 18,119
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 7264
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Glades Electric 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 Florida.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (375.5 here), outside Florida, 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.