Cooperative · Minnesota · EIA 12546
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative
Cooperative · Minnesota · 16K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 154 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 154 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 16K customers.
- 154 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.18
- SAIFI 2023
- 154 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 16K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative filings show
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 12546. It reports service to approximately 15,912 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 15 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 Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative customer experienced 153.6 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.18, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 153.6 minutes, and the spread against the headline 153.6 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI dropped from 715.2 to 153.6 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.
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.
154 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 Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative SAIDI trend
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
154 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 52% 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 Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative charges more per customer than 10% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 56% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,905/year · Latest SAIDI: 153.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 153.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 715.2 | 160.3 | 2.830 | 15,484 |
| 2021 | 174.0 | 147.8 | 1.810 | 15,662 |
| 2022 | 1324.6 | 143.8 | 3.760 | 15,807 |
| 2023 | 153.6 | 153.6 | 1.180 | 15,890 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative serves 15 ZIP codes in Minnesota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative?
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative had a SAIDI of 153.6 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative?
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative is classified as a Cooperative serving Minnesota.
How many customers does Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative serve?
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative serves approximately 15,912 customers in Minnesota.
How has Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative's reliability changed over time?
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative 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
- Minnesota
- Customers
- 15,912
- Annual Revenue
- $0.03B
- EIA ID
- 12546
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative. 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 (16K here), outside Minnesota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (153.6 here), outside Minnesota, 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.