Salt River Electric Coop Corp

What This Utility Data Tells You

Salt River Electric Coop Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Kentucky under EIA identifier 16587. It reports service to approximately 56,472 customer accounts and generated about $0.13 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 35 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.

In 2023, the average Salt River Electric Coop Corp customer experienced 906.8 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.32 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 2 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 156.0 minutes; the difference from the headline 906.8 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Salt River Electric Coop Corp's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 95.8 to 906.8 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.