Cooperative · New Mexico · EIA 10378
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · New Mexico · 30K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 400 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 316 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 30K customers.
- 400 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.28
- SAIFI 2023
- 316 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 30K
- 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 Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in New Mexico under EIA identifier 10378. It reports service to approximately 30,420 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 41 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 Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 399.7 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That is substantially above the 120–180 minute national benchmark, indicating either storm-prone geography, aging infrastructure, or extended restoration windows. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.28 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 316.0 minutes, and the spread against the headline 399.7 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 161.5 to 399.7 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.
400 min/year per customer
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Kit Carson 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
400 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 22% 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 Kit Carson 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, Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 1% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 25% 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: $1,376/year · Latest SAIDI: 399.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 399.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 161.5 | 126.7 | 1.454 | 29,696 |
| 2021 | 1553.1 | 118.1 | 2.283 | 30,041 |
| 2022 | 390.3 | 134.1 | 2.598 | 30,284 |
| 2023 | 399.7 | 316.0 | 1.284 | 30,420 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc serves 41 ZIP codes in New Mexico.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc?
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 399.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is above the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc?
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving New Mexico.
How many customers does Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 30,420 customers in New Mexico.
How has Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Kit Carson Electric 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
- 30,420
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 10378
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Kit Carson 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 (30K here), outside New Mexico.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (399.7 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.