RushShelby Energy

What This Utility Data Tells You

RushShelby Energy is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Indiana under EIA identifier 17038. It reports service to approximately 14,928 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 33 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 RushShelby Energy customer experienced 244.4 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.95 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 3 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 222.2 minutes; the difference from the headline 244.4 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 RushShelby Energy, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 213.5 to 244.4 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.