Cooperative · Illinois · EIA 12395
Menard Electric Coop
Cooperative · Illinois · 11K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 447 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Menard Electric Coop shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 98 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (447 minutes including them) across 11K customers.
- 447 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.47
- SAIFI 2023
- 98 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 11K
- 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 Menard Electric Coop filings show
Menard Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Illinois under EIA identifier 12395. It reports service to approximately 10,961 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 55 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 Menard Electric Coop customer experienced 446.7 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 2.47, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 98.4 minutes, and the spread against the headline 446.7 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
Menard Electric Coop 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 151.9 to 446.7 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.
447 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 Menard Electric Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Menard Electric Coop SAIDI trend
Menard Electric Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
447 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 20% 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 Menard Electric Coop sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Menard Electric Coop charges more per customer than 77% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 22% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $3,080/year · Latest SAIDI: 446.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 446.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 151.9 | 125.2 | 1.722 | 11,140 |
| 2021 | 465.1 | 168.4 | 2.832 | 11,241 |
| 2022 | 121.7 | 121.7 | 1.394 | 11,180 |
| 2023 | 446.7 | 98.4 | 2.471 | 11,131 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Menard Electric Coop serves 55 ZIP codes in Illinois.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Menard Electric Coop?
Menard Electric Coop had a SAIDI of 446.7 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 98.4 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 below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Menard Electric Coop?
Menard Electric Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Illinois.
How many customers does Menard Electric Coop serve?
Menard Electric Coop serves approximately 10,961 customers in Illinois.
How has Menard Electric Coop's reliability changed over time?
Menard Electric Coop 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
- Illinois
- Customers
- 10,961
- Annual Revenue
- $0.03B
- EIA ID
- 12395
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Menard Electric Coop. 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 (11K here), outside Illinois.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (446.7 here), outside Illinois, 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.