Cooperative · Texas · EIA 16146
Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Texas · 21K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 3969 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 1080 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (3969 minutes including them) across 21K customers.
- 3969 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 4.92
- SAIFI 2023
- 1080 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 21K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc filings show
Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Texas under EIA identifier 16146. It reports service to approximately 21,275 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 16 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 Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc customer experienced 3968.8 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that exceeds the 120–180 minute national benchmark by a wide margin, a pattern often tied to severe weather exposure, older infrastructure, or longer repair windows. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 4.92 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 5 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 1079.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 3968.8 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 416.6 to 3968.8 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
3969 min/year per customer
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
3,969 Higher than most in the bottom 1% 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 Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 64% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 1% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,775/year · Latest SAIDI: 3968.8 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 3968.8 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 416.6 | 372.3 | 2.740 | 19,298 |
| 2021 | 31626.0 | 471.8 | 10.310 | 20,524 |
| 2022 | 512.9 | 392.6 | 3.657 | 20,937 |
| 2023 | 3968.8 | 1079.7 | 4.918 | 21,275 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc serves 16 ZIP codes in Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc?
Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 3968.8 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 1079.7 minutes excluding them (the industry-standard measure of routine reliability, so the gap traces back to a major storm that year, not a chronic issue). Excluding major storm impacts, this trails the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc?
Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Texas.
How many customers does Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc serve?
Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc serves approximately 21,275 customers in Texas.
How has Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc 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
- Texas
- Customers
- 21,275
- Annual Revenue
- $0.06B
- EIA ID
- 16146
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc. 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 (21K here), outside Texas.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (3968.8 here), outside Texas, 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.