Cooperative · New Mexico · EIA 9699
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc
Cooperative · New Mexico · 32K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 668 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 641 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 32K customers.
- 668 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.43
- SAIFI 2023
- 641 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 32K
- 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 Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc filings show
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in New Mexico under EIA identifier 9699. It reports service to approximately 31,616 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 62 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 Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc customer experienced 668.1 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That runs well past the 120–180 minute national benchmark, which can reflect storm-exposed terrain, an aging grid, or slower restoration times. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 3.43 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 3 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 641.3 minutes; the difference from the headline 668.1 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Jemez Mountains 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 has increased from 540.9 to 668.1 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.
668 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 Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Jemez Mountains 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
668 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 13% 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 Jemez Mountains 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, Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 3% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 14% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less and is less reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,662/year · Latest SAIDI: 668.1 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 668.1 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 540.9 | 486.0 | 2.785 | 31,000 |
| 2021 | 777.6 | 432.9 | 4.166 | 31,000 |
| 2022 | 605.5 | 569.8 | 2.929 | 31,000 |
| 2023 | 668.1 | 641.3 | 3.430 | 25,752 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc serves 62 ZIP codes in New Mexico.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc?
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 668.1 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is above the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc?
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving New Mexico.
How many customers does Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc serve?
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc serves approximately 31,616 customers in New Mexico.
How has Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, 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
- New Mexico
- Customers
- 31,616
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 9699
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Jemez Mountains 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 (32K here), outside New Mexico.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (668.1 here), outside New Mexico, 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.