Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc

What This Utility Data Tells You

Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Alaska under EIA identifier 7353. It reports service to approximately 47,923 customer accounts and generated about $0.29 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 35 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 Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc customer experienced 258.5 minutes of power interruptions — a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. SAIFI — the average number of outage events per customer — was 3.34 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 3 distinct interruptions that year.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 382.6 to 258.5 minutes over that window — a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes. All figures on this page come directly from EIA Form 861, the federal annual electric power industry survey, with service territory ZIPs sourced from OpenEI — you can cross-reference them with your own utility bill or use them when comparing providers before relocating.