North West Rural Electric Coop

What This Utility Data Tells You

North West Rural Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Iowa under EIA identifier 17260. It reports service to approximately 10,300 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 58 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 North West Rural Electric Coop customer experienced 57.1 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 0.61 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 57.1 minutes; the difference from the headline 57.1 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), North West Rural Electric Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 78.1 to 57.1 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.