Cooperative · South Carolina · EIA 10768
Laurens Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · South Carolina · 64K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 138 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Laurens Electric Coop, Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 116 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 64K customers.
- 138 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.31
- SAIFI 2023
- 116 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 64K
- 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 Laurens Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Laurens Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in South Carolina under EIA identifier 10768. It reports service to approximately 63,685 customer accounts and generated about $0.14 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 28 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 Laurens Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 138.0 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.31, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 115.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 138.0 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
Laurens Electric Coop, Inc has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 172.1 to 138.0 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.
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.
138 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 Laurens Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Laurens Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Laurens 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
138 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 57% 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 Laurens 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, Laurens Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 33% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 60% 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: $2,267/year · Latest SAIDI: 138.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 138.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 172.1 | 114.2 | 1.440 | 58,888 |
| 2021 | 84.4 | 84.4 | 0.920 | 59,898 |
| 2022 | 257.5 | 96.3 | 1.870 | 60,840 |
| 2023 | 138.0 | 115.7 | 1.310 | 62,122 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Laurens Electric Coop, Inc serves 28 ZIP codes in South Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Laurens Electric Coop, Inc?
Laurens Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 138.0 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is Laurens Electric Coop, Inc?
Laurens Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving South Carolina.
How many customers does Laurens Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Laurens Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 63,685 customers in South Carolina.
How has Laurens Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Laurens 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
- South Carolina
- Customers
- 63,685
- Annual Revenue
- $0.14B
- EIA ID
- 10768
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Laurens 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 (64K here), outside South Carolina.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (138.0 here), outside South Carolina, 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.