Cooperative · Oklahoma · EIA 10170
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Oklahoma · 23K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 1757 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 535 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (1757 minutes including them) across 23K customers.
- 1757 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 4.38
- SAIFI 2023
- 535 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 23K
- 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 Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Oklahoma under EIA identifier 10170. It reports service to approximately 23,294 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 44 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 Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 1757.0 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that exceeds the 120–180 minute national benchmark by a wide margin, a pattern often tied to severe weather exposure, older infrastructure, or longer repair windows. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 4.38, putting the typical customer at roughly 4 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 535.4 minutes; the difference from the headline 1757.0 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has increased from 1255.9 to 1757.0 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.
1757 min/year per customer
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
1,757 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 2% 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 Kiamichi Electric 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, Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 17% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 3% 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: $2,027/year · Latest SAIDI: 1757.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 1757.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1255.9 | 1255.9 | 3.920 | 21,898 |
| 2021 | 811.2 | 647.5 | 3.360 | 21,712 |
| 2022 | 467.8 | 379.4 | 2.330 | 22,380 |
| 2023 | 1757.0 | 535.4 | 4.380 | 23,000 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc serves 44 ZIP codes in Oklahoma.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc?
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 1757.0 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 535.4 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Excluding major weather events, this is above the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc?
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Oklahoma.
How many customers does Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 23,294 customers in Oklahoma.
How has Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc 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
- Oklahoma
- Customers
- 23,294
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 10170
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Kiamichi Electric 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 (23K here), outside Oklahoma.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (1757.0 here), outside Oklahoma, 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.