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. 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 Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc customer experienced 258.5 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 3.34 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 3 distinct interruptions that year.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI dropped from 382.6 to 258.5 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.