Cooperative · Virginia · EIA 15410
Prince George Electric Coop
Cooperative · Virginia · 12K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 259 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Prince George Electric Coop shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 113 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (259 minutes including them) across 12K customers.
- 259 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 113 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 12K
- 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 Prince George Electric Coop filings show
Prince George Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Virginia under EIA identifier 15410. It reports service to approximately 12,360 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 21 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 Prince George Electric Coop customer experienced 258.7 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 113.5 minutes; the difference from the headline 258.7 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Prince George Electric Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI dropped from 474.2 to 258.7 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.
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.
259 min/year per customer
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Prince George Electric Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Prince George Electric Coop SAIDI trend
Prince George Electric Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
259 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 34% 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 Prince George 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, Prince George Electric Coop charges more per customer than 84% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 37% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $3,328/year · Latest SAIDI: 258.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 258.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 474.2 | 261.8 | - | 11,970 |
| 2021 | 401.2 | 301.0 | - | 12,666 |
| 2022 | 312.8 | 91.1 | - | 12,969 |
| 2023 | 258.7 | 113.5 | - | 12,969 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Prince George Electric Coop serves 21 ZIP codes in Virginia.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Prince George Electric Coop?
Prince George Electric Coop had a SAIDI of 258.7 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 113.5 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 sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Prince George Electric Coop?
Prince George Electric Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Virginia.
How many customers does Prince George Electric Coop serve?
Prince George Electric Coop serves approximately 12,360 customers in Virginia.
How has Prince George Electric Coop's reliability changed over time?
Prince George Electric Coop 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
- Virginia
- Customers
- 12,360
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 15410
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Prince George 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 (12K here), outside Virginia.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (258.7 here), outside Virginia, 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.