La Plata Electric Assn, Inc

What This Utility Data Tells You

La Plata Electric Assn, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Colorado under EIA identifier 10539. It reports service to approximately 46,552 customer accounts and generated about $0.11 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 17 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 La Plata Electric Assn, Inc customer experienced 129.2 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.36 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 83.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 129.2 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), La Plata Electric Assn, Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has increased from 103.1 to 129.2 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.