Cooperative · Alaska · EIA 7353
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc
Cooperative · Alaska · 48K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 259 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 259 minutes SAIDI across 48K customers.
- 259 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.34
- SAIFI 2023
- 48K
- 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 Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc filings show
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.
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.
259 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 Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc SAIDI trend
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
259 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 34% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more utilities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Golden Valley Elec Assn 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, Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc charges more per customer than 99% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 37% 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: $6,050/year · Latest SAIDI: 258.5 minutes/year.
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 382.6 | 337.8 | 3.550 | 47,059 |
| 2021 | 740.4 | 271.4 | 2.980 | 47,427 |
| 2022 | 1057.3 | 374.1 | 6.108 | 47,668 |
| 2023 | 258.5 | - | 3.339 | 48,390 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc serves 35 ZIP codes in Alaska.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc?
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc had a SAIDI of 258.5 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc?
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Alaska.
How many customers does Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc serve?
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc serves approximately 47,923 customers in Alaska.
How has Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc's reliability changed over time?
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc 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
- Alaska
- Customers
- 47,923
- Annual Revenue
- $0.29B
- EIA ID
- 7353
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Golden Valley Elec Assn 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 (48K here), outside Alaska.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (258.5 here), outside Alaska, 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.