Cooperative · Mississippi · EIA 11519
Magnolia Electric Power Assn
Cooperative · Mississippi · 33K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 2768 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Magnolia Electric Power Assn shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 2768 minutes SAIDI across 33K customers.
- 2768 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 33K
- 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 Magnolia Electric Power Assn filings show
Magnolia Electric Power Assn is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Mississippi under EIA identifier 11519. It reports service to approximately 33,064 customer accounts and generated about $0.08 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 22 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 Magnolia Electric Power Assn customer experienced 2768.4 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That is substantially above the 120–180 minute national benchmark, indicating either storm-prone geography, aging infrastructure, or extended restoration windows.
Magnolia Electric Power Assn 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 increased from 1103.4 to 2768.4 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
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.
2768 min/year per customer
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Magnolia Electric Power Assn from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Magnolia Electric Power Assn SAIDI trend
Magnolia Electric Power Assn vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
2,768 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 1% 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 Magnolia Electric Power Assn sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Magnolia Electric Power Assn charges more per customer than 46% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 1% 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: $2,478/year · Latest SAIDI: 2768.4 minutes/year.
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1103.4 | - | 32,466 |
| 2021 | 5374.2 | - | 32,738 |
| 2022 | 370.5 | - | 32,914 |
| 2023 | 2768.4 | - | 33,064 |
Service Area
Magnolia Electric Power Assn serves 22 ZIP codes in Mississippi.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Magnolia Electric Power Assn?
Magnolia Electric Power Assn had a SAIDI of 2768.4 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this trails the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Magnolia Electric Power Assn?
Magnolia Electric Power Assn is classified as a Cooperative serving Mississippi.
How many customers does Magnolia Electric Power Assn serve?
Magnolia Electric Power Assn serves approximately 33,064 customers in Mississippi.
How has Magnolia Electric Power Assn's reliability changed over time?
Magnolia Electric Power Assn 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
- Mississippi
- Customers
- 33,064
- Annual Revenue
- $0.08B
- EIA ID
- 11519
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Magnolia Electric Power Assn. 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 (33K here), outside Mississippi.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (2768.4 here), outside Mississippi, 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.