Cooperative · Kentucky · EIA 14251

Owen Electric Coop Inc

Cooperative · Kentucky · 66K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 226 minutes/customer.

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Reliability verdict

Owen Electric Coop Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 98 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (226 minutes including them) across 66K customers.

226 min
SAIDI 2023
1.62
SAIFI 2023
98 min
SAIDI ex-MED
66K
Customers

Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.

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Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.

What mid-pack Owen Electric Coop Inc filings show

Owen Electric Coop Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Kentucky under EIA identifier 14251. It reports service to approximately 65,994 customer accounts and generated about $0.23 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 44 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 Owen Electric Coop Inc customer experienced 226.1 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.62, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 98.0 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 226.1 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Owen Electric Coop Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 160.6 to 226.1 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.

D
Reliability Score
45/100
Owen Electric Coop Inc · 3 of 3 dimensions reported

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.

Baseline Reliability C- 98.0 min/yr
SAIDI excluding major-event days — day-to-day grid performance
Total Outage Duration D 226.1 min/yr
SAIDI including storms and major events — the full-year experience
Outage Frequency F 1.62/yr
SAIFI — average number of interruptions per customer per year
SAIDI vs. national mean (341 min) 30.1%

226 minutes per customer per year

Owen Electric Coop Inc SAIDI

Power-out minutes per year (2023)

226 SAIDI226 SAIDINat. avg 341341SAIDI226SAIDI

Excellent

SAIDI by year (2020-2023)

Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861

Year-by-year SAIDI for Owen Electric Coop Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.

Source: U.S. EIA Form 861 As of August 2026

Owen Electric Coop Inc SAIDI trend

0 50 100 150 200 250 2020 2021 2022 2023 160.6 159.8 144 226.1
Year-by-year SAIDI from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.

Owen Electric Coop Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution

Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure

226 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 38% 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 Owen Electric 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, Owen Electric Coop Inc charges more per customer than 88% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 41% 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.

Owen Electric Coop Inc vs. a 40-utility national peer sample, price percentile vs. reliability percentile. Scatter plot of 41 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 050100150 050100150 Best valuePays for itCheap + riskyWorst deal Price percentile Reliability percentile Point, Price percentile: 0 · Reliability percentile: 37Point, Price percentile: 3 · Reliability percentile: 47Point, Price percentile: 5 · Reliability percentile: 43Point, Price percentile: 8 · Reliability percentile: 87Point, Price percentile: 10 · Reliability percentile: 55Point, Price percentile: 13 · Reliability percentile: 95Point, Price percentile: 15 · Reliability percentile: 22Point, Price percentile: 18 · Reliability percentile: 32Point, Price percentile: 20 · Reliability percentile: 27Point, Price percentile: 23 · Reliability percentile: 82Point, Price percentile: 25 · Reliability percentile: 12Point, Price percentile: 28 · Reliability percentile: 57Point, Price percentile: 30 · Reliability percentile: 70Point, Price percentile: 33 · Reliability percentile: 67Point, Price percentile: 35 · Reliability percentile: 7Point, Price percentile: 38 · Reliability percentile: 0Point, Price percentile: 40 · Reliability percentile: 80Point, Price percentile: 43 · Reliability percentile: 2Point, Price percentile: 45 · Reliability percentile: 30Point, Price percentile: 48 · Reliability percentile: 25Point, Price percentile: 50 · Reliability percentile: 50Point, Price percentile: 53 · Reliability percentile: 45Point, Price percentile: 55 · Reliability percentile: 97Point, Price percentile: 57 · Reliability percentile: 100Point, Price percentile: 60 · Reliability percentile: 5Point, Price percentile: 63 · Reliability percentile: 65Point, Price percentile: 65 · Reliability percentile: 52Point, Price percentile: 68 · Reliability percentile: 10Point, Price percentile: 70 · Reliability percentile: 17Point, Price percentile: 73 · Reliability percentile: 35Point, Price percentile: 75 · Reliability percentile: 85Point, Price percentile: 78 · Reliability percentile: 20Point, Price percentile: 80 · Reliability percentile: 72Point, Price percentile: 83 · Reliability percentile: 77Point, Price percentile: 85 · Reliability percentile: 15Point, Price percentile: 88 · Reliability percentile: 60Point, Price percentile: 90 · Reliability percentile: 90Point, Price percentile: 95 · Reliability percentile: 92Point, Price percentile: 98 · Reliability percentile: 75Point, Price percentile: 100 · Reliability percentile: 62Owen Electric Coop Inc, Price percentile: 88 · Reliability percentile: 41
Owen Electric Coop Inc vs. a 40-utility national peer sample, price percentile vs. reliability percentile.

Revenue per customer: $3,501/year · Latest SAIDI: 226.1 minutes/year.

SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 226.1 minutes

Reliability Trend (2020–2023)

Year SAIDI (min) SAIDI nMED SAIFI Customers
2020 160.6 78.8 1.295 63,141
2021 159.8 103.9 1.535 64,303
2022 144.0 106.1 1.330 65,230
2023 226.1 98.0 1.618 65,993

SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.

Service Area

Owen Electric Coop Inc serves 44 ZIP codes in Kentucky.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How reliable is Owen Electric Coop Inc?

Owen Electric Coop Inc had a SAIDI of 226.1 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 98.0 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.

What type of utility is Owen Electric Coop Inc?

Owen Electric Coop Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Kentucky.

How many customers does Owen Electric Coop Inc serve?

Owen Electric Coop Inc serves approximately 65,994 customers in Kentucky.

How has Owen Electric Coop Inc's reliability changed over time?

Owen Electric 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
Kentucky
Customers
65,994
Annual Revenue
$0.23B
EIA ID
14251

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Utilities with similar EIA profiles

Two cross-state peer sets for Owen Electric 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 (66K here), outside Kentucky.

Lumbee River Elec Member Corp 66K · NC Central Georgia El Member Corp 66K · GA City of Bryan - (TX) 67K · TX City of Pasadena - (CA) 67K · CA

Similar chronic SAIDI

Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (226.1 here), outside Kentucky, excluding the customer-peer set.

Entergy Louisiana LLC 225.6 min · LA Noble County R E M C 226.8 min · IN Orange & Rockland Utils Inc 224.7 min · NY Adams-Columbia Electric Coop 229.1 min · WI

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.