Cooperative · Iowa · EIA 9425
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
Cooperative · Iowa · 13K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 52 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 52 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 13K customers.
- 52 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.51
- SAIFI 2023
- 52 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 13K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage Iowa Lakes Electric Coop filings show
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Iowa under EIA identifier 9425. It reports service to approximately 13,138 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 76 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.
In 2023, the average Iowa Lakes Electric Coop customer experienced 51.7 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 0.51 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 51.6 minutes, and the spread against the headline 51.7 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Iowa Lakes Electric Coop, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 102.8 to 51.7 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.
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.
52 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 Iowa Lakes Electric Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop SAIDI trend
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
52 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 83% 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 Iowa Lakes Electric Coop sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Iowa Lakes Electric Coop charges more per customer than 96% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 85% 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: $4,502/year · Latest SAIDI: 51.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 51.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 102.8 | 47.5 | 1.010 | 12,914 |
| 2021 | 75.2 | 65.3 | 0.840 | 12,992 |
| 2022 | 70.7 | 67.9 | 0.690 | 13,116 |
| 2023 | 51.7 | 51.6 | 0.508 | 13,165 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop serves 76 ZIP codes in Iowa.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Iowa Lakes Electric Coop?
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop had a SAIDI of 51.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Iowa Lakes Electric Coop?
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Iowa.
How many customers does Iowa Lakes Electric Coop serve?
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop serves approximately 13,138 customers in Iowa.
How has Iowa Lakes Electric Coop's reliability changed over time?
Iowa Lakes Electric Coop has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Iowa
- Customers
- 13,138
- Annual Revenue
- $0.06B
- EIA ID
- 9425
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Iowa Lakes Electric Coop. 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 (13K here), outside Iowa.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (51.7 here), outside Iowa, 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.