Salem Electric - (OR)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Salem Electric - (OR) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Oregon under EIA identifier 16555. It reports service to approximately 20,745 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 11 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 Salem Electric - (OR) customer experienced 5.4 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.13, putting the typical customer at roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 5.4 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 5.4 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

Salem Electric - (OR) has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 12.5 to 5.4 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.