Cooperative · Iowa · EIA 11053
Linn County REC
Cooperative · Iowa · 34K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 126 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Linn County REC shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 126 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 34K customers.
- 126 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.82
- SAIFI 2023
- 126 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 34K
- 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 Linn County REC filings show
Linn County REC is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Iowa under EIA identifier 11053. It reports service to approximately 33,783 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 41 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 Linn County REC customer experienced 126.0 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.82, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 126.0 minutes, and the spread against the headline 126.0 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
Linn County REC has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 3483.0 to 126.0 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes. Note: this figure is unusually low compared to typical U.S. utility performance and may reflect an incomplete EIA filing for this year rather than a genuine reliability improvement -- treat with caution and cross-check against Linn County REC's other reported years.
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.
126 minutes per customer per year
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Linn County REC from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Linn County REC SAIDI trend
Linn County REC vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
126 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 59% 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 Linn County REC sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Linn County REC charges more per customer than 12% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 62% 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: $1,944/year · Latest SAIDI: 126.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 126.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3483.0 | 154.0 | 3.018 | 30,152 |
| 2021 | 138.0 | 138.0 | 1.593 | 31,086 |
| 2022 | 114.0 | 114.0 | 1.594 | 32,129 |
| 2023 | 126.0 | 126.0 | 1.823 | 32,864 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Linn County REC serves 41 ZIP codes in Iowa.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Linn County REC?
Linn County REC had a SAIDI of 126.0 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Linn County REC?
Linn County REC is classified as a Cooperative serving Iowa.
How many customers does Linn County REC serve?
Linn County REC serves approximately 33,783 customers in Iowa.
How has Linn County REC's reliability changed over time?
Linn County REC 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
- Iowa
- Customers
- 33,783
- Annual Revenue
- $0.07B
- EIA ID
- 11053
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Linn County REC. 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 (34K here), outside Iowa.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (126.0 here), outside Iowa, 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.