Cooperative · Minnesota · EIA 16368
Runestone Electric Assn
Cooperative · Minnesota · 15K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 56 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Runestone Electric Assn shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 56 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 15K customers.
- 56 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.58
- SAIFI 2023
- 56 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 15K
- 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 Runestone Electric Assn filings show
Runestone Electric Assn is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 16368. It reports service to approximately 15,239 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 41 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 Runestone Electric Assn customer experienced 56.1 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.58, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 56.1 minutes, and the spread against the headline 56.1 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
Runestone Electric Assn has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 134.8 down to 56.1 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.
56 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 Runestone Electric Assn from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Runestone Electric Assn SAIDI trend
Runestone Electric Assn vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
56 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 81% 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 Runestone Electric Assn sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Runestone Electric Assn charges more per customer than 19% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 84% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,068/year · Latest SAIDI: 56.1 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 56.1 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 134.8 | 60.4 | 1.100 | 14,583 |
| 2021 | 103.9 | 62.0 | 0.855 | 14,762 |
| 2022 | 1225.3 | 67.3 | 3.077 | 14,975 |
| 2023 | 56.1 | 56.1 | 0.580 | 15,054 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Runestone Electric Assn serves 41 ZIP codes in Minnesota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Runestone Electric Assn?
Runestone Electric Assn had a SAIDI of 56.1 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Runestone Electric Assn?
Runestone Electric Assn is classified as a Cooperative serving Minnesota.
How many customers does Runestone Electric Assn serve?
Runestone Electric Assn serves approximately 15,239 customers in Minnesota.
How has Runestone Electric Assn's reliability changed over time?
Runestone Electric Assn 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
- Minnesota
- Customers
- 15,239
- Annual Revenue
- $0.03B
- EIA ID
- 16368
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Runestone Electric Assn. 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 (15K here), outside Minnesota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (56.1 here), outside Minnesota, 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.