Cooperative · Minnesota · EIA 12651
Minnesota Valley Electric Coop
Cooperative · Minnesota · 47K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 43 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Minnesota Valley Electric Coop shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 43 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 47K customers.
- 43 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.43
- SAIFI 2023
- 43 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 47K
- 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 Minnesota Valley Electric Coop filings show
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.
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.
43 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 Minnesota Valley Electric Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Minnesota Valley Electric Coop SAIDI trend
Minnesota Valley Electric Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
43 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 86% 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 Minnesota Valley 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, Minnesota Valley Electric Coop charges more per customer than 25% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 88% 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: $2,172/year · Latest SAIDI: 42.5 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 42.5 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 63.2 | 43.6 | 0.787 | 44,089 |
| 2021 | 82.8 | 63.0 | 0.827 | 44,856 |
| 2022 | 91.4 | 45.2 | 1.007 | 45,896 |
| 2023 | 42.5 | 42.5 | 0.433 | 46,752 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Minnesota Valley Electric Coop serves 31 ZIP codes in Minnesota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Minnesota Valley Electric Coop?
Minnesota Valley Electric Coop had a SAIDI of 42.5 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Minnesota Valley Electric Coop?
Minnesota Valley Electric Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Minnesota.
How many customers does Minnesota Valley Electric Coop serve?
Minnesota Valley Electric Coop serves approximately 46,802 customers in Minnesota.
How has Minnesota Valley Electric Coop's reliability changed over time?
Minnesota Valley Electric 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
- Minnesota
- Customers
- 46,802
- Annual Revenue
- $0.10B
- EIA ID
- 12651
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Minnesota Valley 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 (47K here), outside Minnesota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (42.5 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.