Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop

What This Utility Data Tells You

Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Kentucky under EIA identifier 14724. It reports service to approximately 47,187 customer accounts and generated about $0.14 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 41 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.

In 2023, the average Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop customer experienced 1544.5 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 4.08, putting the typical customer at roughly 4 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 285.8 minutes; the difference from the headline 1544.5 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 307.4 to 1544.5 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.