Midwest Energy Inc - (KS)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Kansas under EIA identifier 12524. It reports service to approximately 50,335 customer accounts and generated about $0.15 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 106 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 Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) customer experienced 206.4 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.51, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 162.6 minutes, and the spread against the headline 206.4 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) 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 185.1 to 206.4 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.