Cooperative · Florida · EIA 31833
Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp
Cooperative · Florida · 29K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 787 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 281 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (787 minutes including them) across 29K customers.
- 787 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 4.32
- SAIFI 2023
- 281 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 29K
- 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 Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp filings show
Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Florida under EIA identifier 31833. It reports service to approximately 29,299 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 46 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 Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp customer experienced 787.0 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 4.32 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 4 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 280.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 787.0 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 282.8 to 787.0 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.
787 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 Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp SAIDI trend
Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
787 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 9% 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 Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp charges more per customer than 24% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 10% 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: $2,146/year · Latest SAIDI: 787.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 787.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 282.8 | 282.8 | 2.850 | 10,934 |
| 2021 | 163.4 | 163.4 | 2.267 | 11,062 |
| 2022 | 244.0 | 174.8 | 3.391 | 11,325 |
| 2023 | 787.0 | 280.7 | 4.321 | 11,782 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp serves 46 ZIP codes in Florida.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp?
Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp had a SAIDI of 787.0 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 280.7 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard measure of day-to-day reliability, the gap reflects a major storm that year, not chronic performance). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp?
Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp is classified as a Cooperative serving Florida.
How many customers does Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp serve?
Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp serves approximately 29,299 customers in Florida.
How has Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp's reliability changed over time?
Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp 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
- Florida
- Customers
- 29,299
- Annual Revenue
- $0.06B
- EIA ID
- 31833
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp. 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 (29K here), outside Florida.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (787.0 here), outside Florida, 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.