Cooperative · Iowa · EIA 12450
Midland Power Coop
Cooperative · Iowa · 12K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 81 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Midland Power Coop shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 81 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 12K customers.
- 81 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.03
- SAIFI 2023
- 81 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 12K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage Midland Power Coop filings show
Midland Power Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Iowa under EIA identifier 12450. It reports service to approximately 12,416 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 65 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 Midland Power Coop customer experienced 80.7 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.03 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 80.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 80.7 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Midland Power Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI dropped from 898.2 to 80.7 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely. 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 Midland Power Coop'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.
81 min/year per customer
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Midland Power Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Midland Power Coop SAIDI trend
Midland Power Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
81 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 71% 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 Midland Power 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, Midland Power Coop charges more per customer than 94% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 74% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more and is more reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $4,053/year · Latest SAIDI: 80.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 80.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 898.2 | 169.8 | 2.308 |
| 2021 | 742.2 | 164.6 | 2.000 |
| 2022 | 150.4 | 146.3 | 1.240 |
| 2023 | 80.7 | 80.7 | 1.030 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Midland Power Coop serves 65 ZIP codes in Iowa.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Midland Power Coop?
Midland Power Coop had a SAIDI of 80.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Midland Power Coop?
Midland Power Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Iowa.
How many customers does Midland Power Coop serve?
Midland Power Coop serves approximately 12,416 customers in Iowa.
How has Midland Power Coop's reliability changed over time?
Midland Power Coop 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
- 12,416
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 12450
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Midland Power 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 (12K here), outside Iowa.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (80.7 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.