Cooperative · Colorado · EIA 12860
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn
Cooperative · Colorado · 9,437 customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 144 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 122 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 9,437 customers.
- 144 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 122 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 9,437
- 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 Morgan County Rural Elec Assn filings show
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Colorado under EIA identifier 12860. It reports service to approximately 9,437 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 28 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 Morgan County Rural Elec Assn customer experienced 144.2 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 122.1 minutes; the difference from the headline 144.2 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn 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 window, SAIDI moved from 401.0 down to 144.2 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.
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.
144 outage minutes per customer annually
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Morgan County Rural Elec Assn from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn SAIDI trend
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
144 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 55% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 144.2 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 401.0 | 378.9 | - |
| 2021 | 190.2 | 169.3 | - |
| 2022 | 186.1 | 183.3 | - |
| 2023 | 144.2 | 122.1 | - |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn serves 28 ZIP codes in Colorado.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Morgan County Rural Elec Assn?
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn had a SAIDI of 144.2 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Morgan County Rural Elec Assn?
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn is classified as a Cooperative serving Colorado.
How many customers does Morgan County Rural Elec Assn serve?
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn serves approximately 9,437 customers in Colorado.
How has Morgan County Rural Elec Assn's reliability changed over time?
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Colorado
- Customers
- 9,437
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 12860
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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.