Cooperative · Texas · EIA 16057
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Texas · 14K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 788 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 696 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 14K customers.
- 788 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 696 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 14K
- 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 Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Texas under EIA identifier 16057. It reports service to approximately 14,108 customer accounts and generated about $0.08 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 53 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 Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 787.8 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That runs well past the 120–180 minute national benchmark, which can reflect storm-exposed terrain, an aging grid, or slower restoration times. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 696.1 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 787.8 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 587.3 to 787.8 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
788 outage minutes per customer annually
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
788 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 9% 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 Rio Grande Electric Coop, 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, Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 98% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 10% 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: $5,469/year · Latest SAIDI: 787.8 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 787.8 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 587.3 | 491.5 | - | 13,506 |
| 2021 | 380.4 | 317.4 | - | 13,699 |
| 2022 | 339.7 | 339.7 | - | 319 |
| 2023 | 787.8 | 696.1 | - | 325 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc serves 53 ZIP codes in Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc?
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 787.8 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is above the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc?
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Texas.
How many customers does Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 14,108 customers in Texas.
How has Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Texas
- Customers
- 14,108
- Annual Revenue
- $0.08B
- EIA ID
- 16057
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Rio Grande Electric Coop, 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 (14K here), outside Texas.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (787.8 here), outside Texas, 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.