Cooperative · Idaho · EIA 13758
Northern Lights, Inc
Cooperative · Idaho · 19K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 291 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Northern Lights, Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 0 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (291 minutes including them) across 19K customers.
- 291 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 19K
- 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 Northern Lights, Inc filings show
Northern Lights, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Idaho under EIA identifier 13758. It reports service to approximately 18,917 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 40 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 Northern Lights, Inc customer experienced 291.1 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 0.4 minutes; the difference from the headline 291.1 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Northern Lights, Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 2205.3 to 291.1 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes. Note: this figure is unusually low compared to typical U.S. utility performance and may reflect an incomplete EIA filing for this year rather than a genuine reliability improvement -- treat with caution and cross-check against Northern Lights, Inc's other reported years.
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.
291 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 Northern Lights, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Northern Lights, Inc SAIDI trend
Northern Lights, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
291 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 31% 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 Northern Lights, 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, Northern Lights, Inc charges more per customer than 7% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 34% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less and is less reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,800/year · Latest SAIDI: 291.1 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 291.1 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2205.3 | 1282.2 | - |
| 2021 | 2294.8 | 1367.3 | - |
| 2022 | 833.0 | 833.0 | - |
| 2023 | 291.1 | 0.4 | - |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Northern Lights, Inc serves 40 ZIP codes in Idaho.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Northern Lights, Inc?
Northern Lights, Inc had a SAIDI of 291.1 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 0.4 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 weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Northern Lights, Inc?
Northern Lights, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Idaho.
How many customers does Northern Lights, Inc serve?
Northern Lights, Inc serves approximately 18,917 customers in Idaho.
How has Northern Lights, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Northern Lights, Inc 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
- Idaho
- Customers
- 18,917
- Annual Revenue
- $0.03B
- EIA ID
- 13758
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Northern Lights, 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 (19K here), outside Idaho.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (291.1 here), outside Idaho, 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.