Cooperative · Alaska · EIA 19558
Homer Electric Assn Inc
Cooperative · Alaska · 34K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 851 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Homer Electric Assn Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 334 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (851 minutes including them) across 34K customers.
- 851 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.88
- SAIFI 2023
- 334 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 34K
- 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 Homer Electric Assn Inc filings show
Homer Electric Assn Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Alaska under EIA identifier 19558. It reports service to approximately 33,816 customer accounts and generated about $0.11 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 12 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 Homer Electric Assn Inc customer experienced 851.2 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that runs well past the 120–180 minute national benchmark, which can reflect storm-exposed terrain, an aging grid, or slower restoration times. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 3.88, putting the typical customer at roughly 4 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 334.2 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 851.2 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Homer Electric Assn Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has increased from 474.9 to 851.2 minutes, which may reflect either 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.
851 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 Homer Electric Assn Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Homer Electric Assn Inc SAIDI trend
Homer Electric Assn Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
851 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 9% 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 Homer Electric 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, Homer Electric Assn Inc charges more per customer than 80% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 10% 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: $3,155/year · Latest SAIDI: 851.2 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 851.2 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 474.9 | 214.3 | 1.530 | 31,920 |
| 2021 | 720.6 | 230.3 | 1.980 | 32,396 |
| 2022 | 469.9 | 287.6 | 2.830 | 33,928 |
| 2023 | 851.2 | 334.2 | 3.880 | 33,405 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Homer Electric Assn Inc serves 12 ZIP codes in Alaska.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Homer Electric Assn Inc?
Homer Electric Assn Inc had a SAIDI of 851.2 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 334.2 minutes excluding them (the industry-standard measure of routine reliability, so the gap traces back to a major storm that year, not a chronic issue). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure runs above the national average, pointing to below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Homer Electric Assn Inc?
Homer Electric Assn Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Alaska.
How many customers does Homer Electric Assn Inc serve?
Homer Electric Assn Inc serves approximately 33,816 customers in Alaska.
How has Homer Electric Assn Inc's reliability changed over time?
Homer Electric Assn Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Alaska
- Customers
- 33,816
- Annual Revenue
- $0.11B
- EIA ID
- 19558
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Homer Electric 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 (34K here), outside Alaska.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (851.2 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.