Cooperative · Indiana · EIA 17038
RushShelby Energy
Cooperative · Indiana · 15K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 244 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
RushShelby Energy shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 222 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 15K customers.
- 244 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.95
- SAIFI 2023
- 222 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: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack RushShelby Energy filings show
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.
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.
244 outage minutes per customer annually
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for RushShelby Energy from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
RushShelby Energy SAIDI trend
RushShelby Energy vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
244 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 36% 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 RushShelby Energy sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, RushShelby Energy charges more per customer than 89% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 39% 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: $3,598/year · Latest SAIDI: 244.4 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 244.4 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 213.5 | 172.0 | 1.560 |
| 2021 | 284.9 | 193.5 | 2.070 |
| 2022 | 295.7 | 219.5 | 2.469 |
| 2023 | 244.4 | 222.2 | 2.951 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
RushShelby Energy serves 33 ZIP codes in Indiana.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is RushShelby Energy?
RushShelby Energy had a SAIDI of 244.4 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is RushShelby Energy?
RushShelby Energy is classified as a Cooperative serving Indiana.
How many customers does RushShelby Energy serve?
RushShelby Energy serves approximately 14,928 customers in Indiana.
How has RushShelby Energy's reliability changed over time?
RushShelby Energy 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
- Indiana
- Customers
- 14,928
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 17038
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for RushShelby Energy. 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 Indiana.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (244.4 here), outside Indiana, 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.