Cooperative · Tennessee · EIA 15016
Pickwick Electric Coop
Cooperative · Tennessee · 21K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 746 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Pickwick Electric Coop shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 76 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (746 minutes including them) across 21K customers.
- 746 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 76 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 21K
- 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 Pickwick Electric Coop filings show
Pickwick Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Tennessee under EIA identifier 15016. It reports service to approximately 21,218 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 23 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 Pickwick Electric Coop customer experienced 745.6 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. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 75.5 minutes, and the spread against the headline 745.6 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Pickwick Electric Coop, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 200.0 to 745.6 minutes, which may reflect either 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.
746 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Pickwick Electric Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Pickwick Electric Coop SAIDI trend
Pickwick Electric Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
746 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 10% 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 Pickwick Electric Coop sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Pickwick Electric Coop charges more per customer than 30% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 12% 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: $2,230/year · Latest SAIDI: 745.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 745.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 200.0 | 200.0 | - |
| 2021 | 209.3 | 209.3 | - |
| 2022 | 400.0 | 125.4 | - |
| 2023 | 745.6 | 75.5 | - |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Pickwick Electric Coop serves 23 ZIP codes in Tennessee.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Pickwick Electric Coop?
Pickwick Electric Coop had a SAIDI of 745.6 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 75.5 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). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Pickwick Electric Coop?
Pickwick Electric Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Tennessee.
How many customers does Pickwick Electric Coop serve?
Pickwick Electric Coop serves approximately 21,218 customers in Tennessee.
How has Pickwick Electric Coop's reliability changed over time?
Pickwick Electric Coop has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Tennessee
- Customers
- 21,218
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 15016
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Pickwick Electric Coop. 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 (21K here), outside Tennessee.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (745.6 here), outside Tennessee, 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.