Minnesota Valley Electric Coop

What This Utility Data Tells You

Minnesota Valley Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 12651. It reports service to approximately 46,802 customer accounts and generated about $0.10 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 31 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 Minnesota Valley Electric Coop customer experienced 42.5 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 0.43 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 0 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 42.5 minutes, and the spread against the headline 42.5 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Minnesota Valley Electric Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI dropped from 63.2 to 42.5 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.