Cooperative · Texas · EIA 7752
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc
Cooperative · Texas · 100K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 143 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 65 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (143 minutes including them) across 100K customers.
- 143 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.61
- SAIFI 2023
- 65 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 100K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc filings show
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Texas under EIA identifier 7752. It reports service to approximately 99,681 customer accounts and generated about $0.29 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 42 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 Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc customer experienced 143.2 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.61 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 64.6 minutes, and the spread against the headline 143.2 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 60.6 to 143.2 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.
143 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 Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc SAIDI trend
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
143 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 55% 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 Guadalupe Valley Elec 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, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc charges more per customer than 68% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 59% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more and is more reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,868/year · Latest SAIDI: 143.2 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 143.2 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 60.6 | 60.6 | 1.020 | 88,556 |
| 2021 | 117.0 | 84.1 | 1.280 | 91,490 |
| 2022 | 117.0 | 58.0 | 1.580 | 95,360 |
| 2023 | 143.2 | 64.6 | 1.610 | 97,491 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc serves 42 ZIP codes in Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc?
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc had a SAIDI of 143.2 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 64.6 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard measure of day-to-day reliability, the gap reflects a major storm that year, not chronic performance). Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc?
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Texas.
How many customers does Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc serve?
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc serves approximately 99,681 customers in Texas.
How has Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc's reliability changed over time?
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop 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
- Texas
- Customers
- 99,681
- Annual Revenue
- $0.29B
- EIA ID
- 7752
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Two cross-state peer sets for Guadalupe Valley Elec 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 (100K here), outside Texas.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (143.2 here), outside Texas, 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.