Cooperative · Mississippi · EIA 13735
Northcentral Mississippi E P A
Cooperative · Mississippi · 35K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 406 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Northcentral Mississippi E P A shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 233 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 35K customers.
- 406 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.25
- SAIFI 2023
- 233 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 35K
- 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 Northcentral Mississippi E P A filings show
Northcentral Mississippi E P A is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Mississippi under EIA identifier 13735. It reports service to approximately 35,107 customer accounts and generated about $0.13 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 10 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 Northcentral Mississippi E P A customer experienced 405.6 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 3.25 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 3 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 232.8 minutes; the difference from the headline 405.6 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Northcentral Mississippi E P A 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 span, SAIDI rose from 138.0 to 405.6 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.
406 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Northcentral Mississippi E P A from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Northcentral Mississippi E P A SAIDI trend
Northcentral Mississippi E P A vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
406 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 22% 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
Price vs. reliability
Where Northcentral Mississippi E P A sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Northcentral Mississippi E P A charges more per customer than 91% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 24% 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: $3,741/year · Latest SAIDI: 405.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 405.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 138.0 | 138.0 | 2.120 | 33,138 |
| 2021 | 199.8 | 199.8 | - | 33,360 |
| 2022 | 145.8 | 145.8 | 2.590 | 33,464 |
| 2023 | 405.6 | 232.8 | 3.250 | 34,094 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Northcentral Mississippi E P A serves 10 ZIP codes in Mississippi.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Northcentral Mississippi E P A?
Northcentral Mississippi E P A had a SAIDI of 405.6 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Northcentral Mississippi E P A?
Northcentral Mississippi E P A is classified as a Cooperative serving Mississippi.
How many customers does Northcentral Mississippi E P A serve?
Northcentral Mississippi E P A serves approximately 35,107 customers in Mississippi.
How has Northcentral Mississippi E P A's reliability changed over time?
Northcentral Mississippi E P A 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
- Mississippi
- Customers
- 35,107
- Annual Revenue
- $0.13B
- EIA ID
- 13735
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Northcentral Mississippi E P A. 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 (35K here), outside Mississippi.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (405.6 here), outside Mississippi, 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.