Matanuska Electric Assn Inc

What This Utility Data Tells You

Matanuska Electric Assn Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Alaska under EIA identifier 11824. It reports service to approximately 69,809 customer accounts and generated about $0.16 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 35 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 Matanuska Electric Assn Inc customer experienced 606.7 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That runs well past the 120–180 minute national benchmark, which can reflect storm-exposed terrain, an aging grid, or slower restoration times. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 3.24 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 3 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 385.9 minutes, and the spread against the headline 606.7 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Matanuska Electric Assn Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has increased from 263.2 to 606.7 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.