Cooperative · Minnesota · EIA 14468
People's Cooperative Services
Cooperative · Minnesota · 24K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 89 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
People's Cooperative Services shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 69 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 24K customers.
- 89 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.09
- SAIFI 2023
- 69 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 24K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage People's Cooperative Services filings show
People's Cooperative Services is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 14468. It reports service to approximately 23,726 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 38 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 People's Cooperative Services customer experienced 89.2 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.09 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 69.4 minutes; the difference from the headline 89.2 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
People's Cooperative Services has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 73.6 to 89.2 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
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.
89 min/year per customer
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for People's Cooperative Services from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
People's Cooperative Services SAIDI trend
People's Cooperative Services vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
89 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 68% 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 People's Cooperative Services sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, People's Cooperative Services charges more per customer than 28% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 72% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,196/year · Latest SAIDI: 89.2 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 89.2 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 73.6 | 73.6 | 1.013 | 23,120 |
| 2021 | 469.7 | 59.6 | 1.252 | 23,384 |
| 2022 | 146.2 | 68.3 | 1.139 | 23,562 |
| 2023 | 89.2 | 69.4 | 1.090 | 23,726 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
People's Cooperative Services serves 38 ZIP codes in Minnesota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is People's Cooperative Services?
People's Cooperative Services had a SAIDI of 89.2 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is People's Cooperative Services?
People's Cooperative Services is classified as a Cooperative serving Minnesota.
How many customers does People's Cooperative Services serve?
People's Cooperative Services serves approximately 23,726 customers in Minnesota.
How has People's Cooperative Services's reliability changed over time?
People's Cooperative Services 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
- Minnesota
- Customers
- 23,726
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 14468
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for People's Cooperative Services. 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 (24K here), outside Minnesota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (89.2 here), outside Minnesota, 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.