Lake Region Electric Cooperative - (MN)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Lake Region Electric Cooperative - (MN) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 10618. It reports service to approximately 29,795 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 49 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.

In 2023, the average Lake Region Electric Cooperative - (MN) customer experienced 208.4 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.84, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 103.5 minutes; the difference from the headline 208.4 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

Lake Region Electric Cooperative - (MN) has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 391.3 down to 208.4 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.