Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc - (KS)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc - (KS) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Kansas under EIA identifier 15073. It reports service to approximately 16,578 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 21 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 Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc - (KS) customer experienced 156.5 minutes of power interruptions — a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 130.4 minutes — the gap between that figure and the headline 156.5 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc - (KS), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 125.2 to 156.5 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization. All figures on this page come directly from EIA Form 861, the federal annual electric power industry survey, with service territory ZIPs sourced from OpenEI — you can cross-reference them with your own utility bill or use them when comparing providers before relocating.