Cooperative · Minnesota · EIA 10697
Lake Country Power
Cooperative · Minnesota · 51K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 148 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Lake Country Power shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 132 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 51K customers.
- 148 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.13
- SAIFI 2023
- 132 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 51K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Lake Country Power filings show
Lake Country Power is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 10697. It reports service to approximately 51,086 customer accounts and generated about $0.11 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 103 ZIP codes. As a cooperative, its governance is accountable to its ratepayer-members rather than shareholders, which often shapes rate-setting and reinvestment priorities.
In 2023, the average Lake Country Power customer experienced 147.8 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.13 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 132.2 minutes, and the spread against the headline 147.8 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Lake Country Power, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 424.4 down to 147.8 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing 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.
148 outage minutes per customer annually
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Lake Country Power from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Lake Country Power SAIDI trend
Lake Country Power vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
148 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 53% 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 Lake Country Power sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Lake Country Power charges more per customer than 19% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 57% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,065/year · Latest SAIDI: 147.8 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 147.8 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 424.4 | 179.7 | 2.443 | 49,878 |
| 2021 | 303.1 | 164.6 | 2.125 | 50,371 |
| 2022 | 1606.7 | 176.4 | 3.330 | 50,786 |
| 2023 | 147.8 | 132.2 | 1.130 | 51,086 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Lake Country Power serves 103 ZIP codes in Minnesota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Lake Country Power?
Lake Country Power had a SAIDI of 147.8 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Lake Country Power?
Lake Country Power is classified as a Cooperative serving Minnesota.
How many customers does Lake Country Power serve?
Lake Country Power serves approximately 51,086 customers in Minnesota.
How has Lake Country Power's reliability changed over time?
Lake Country Power 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
- Minnesota
- Customers
- 51,086
- Annual Revenue
- $0.11B
- EIA ID
- 10697
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Lake Country Power. 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 (51K here), outside Minnesota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (147.8 here), outside Minnesota, 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.