Cooperative · Colorado · EIA 15257
Poudre Valley REA, Inc
Cooperative · Colorado · 53K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 67 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Poudre Valley REA, Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 67 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 53K customers.
- 67 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.68
- SAIFI 2023
- 67 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 53K
- 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 Poudre Valley REA, Inc filings show
Poudre Valley REA, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Colorado under EIA identifier 15257. It reports service to approximately 53,213 customer accounts and generated about $0.14 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 Poudre Valley REA, Inc customer experienced 66.6 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 0.68 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 66.6 minutes; the difference from the headline 66.6 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Poudre Valley REA, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 135.8 down to 66.6 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.
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.
67 minutes per customer per year
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Poudre Valley REA, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Poudre Valley REA, Inc SAIDI trend
Poudre Valley REA, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
67 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 76% 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 Poudre Valley REA, 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, Poudre Valley REA, Inc charges more per customer than 60% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 79% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more and is more reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,690/year · Latest SAIDI: 66.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 66.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 135.8 | 106.5 | 1.040 | 46,506 |
| 2021 | 328.8 | 77.2 | 1.569 | 48,877 |
| 2022 | 65.4 | 50.0 | 0.678 | 50,977 |
| 2023 | 66.6 | 66.6 | 0.681 | 52,963 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Poudre Valley REA, Inc serves 44 ZIP codes in Colorado.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Poudre Valley REA, Inc?
Poudre Valley REA, Inc had a SAIDI of 66.6 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Poudre Valley REA, Inc?
Poudre Valley REA, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Colorado.
How many customers does Poudre Valley REA, Inc serve?
Poudre Valley REA, Inc serves approximately 53,213 customers in Colorado.
How has Poudre Valley REA, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Poudre Valley REA, 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
- Colorado
- Customers
- 53,213
- Annual Revenue
- $0.14B
- EIA ID
- 15257
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Poudre Valley REA, 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 (53K here), outside Colorado.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (66.6 here), outside Colorado, 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.