Cooperative · Ohio · EIA 10668
Licking Rural Electric Inc
Cooperative · Ohio · 27K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 378 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Licking Rural Electric Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 107 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (378 minutes including them) across 27K customers.
- 378 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.90
- SAIFI 2023
- 107 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 27K
- 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 Licking Rural Electric Inc filings show
Licking Rural Electric Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Ohio under EIA identifier 10668. It reports service to approximately 27,346 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 29 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 Licking Rural Electric Inc customer experienced 378.2 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.90 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 106.5 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 378.2 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
Licking Rural Electric Inc 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 span, SAIDI rose from 260.4 to 378.2 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
378 minutes per customer per year
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Licking Rural Electric Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Licking Rural Electric Inc SAIDI trend
Licking Rural Electric Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
378 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 24% 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 Licking Rural Electric 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, Licking Rural Electric Inc charges more per customer than 37% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 27% 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: $2,329/year · Latest SAIDI: 378.2 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 378.2 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 260.4 | 139.8 | 1.810 | 26,253 |
| 2021 | 219.0 | 119.4 | 2.060 | 26,915 |
| 2022 | 1386.8 | 97.4 | 2.370 | 27,254 |
| 2023 | 378.2 | 106.5 | 1.901 | 27,482 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Licking Rural Electric Inc serves 29 ZIP codes in Ohio.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Licking Rural Electric Inc?
Licking Rural Electric Inc had a SAIDI of 378.2 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 106.5 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Licking Rural Electric Inc?
Licking Rural Electric Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Ohio.
How many customers does Licking Rural Electric Inc serve?
Licking Rural Electric Inc serves approximately 27,346 customers in Ohio.
How has Licking Rural Electric Inc's reliability changed over time?
Licking Rural Electric Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Ohio
- Customers
- 27,346
- Annual Revenue
- $0.06B
- EIA ID
- 10668
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Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Licking Rural Electric 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 (27K here), outside Ohio.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (378.2 here), outside Ohio, 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.