Cooperative · Texas · EIA 16613
Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc
Cooperative · Texas · 91K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 534 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 330 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 91K customers.
- 534 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 330 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 91K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc filings show
Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Texas under EIA identifier 16613. It reports service to approximately 90,724 customer accounts and generated about $0.20 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 30 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 Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc customer experienced 534.0 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That is substantially above the 120–180 minute national benchmark, indicating either storm-prone geography, aging infrastructure, or extended restoration windows. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 330.0 minutes; the difference from the headline 534.0 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 Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 779.2 to 534.0 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.
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.
534 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 Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc SAIDI trend
Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
534 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 17% 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 Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc charges more per customer than 31% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 19% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less and is less reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,249/year · Latest SAIDI: 534.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 534.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 779.2 | 301.4 | - | 79,583 |
| 2021 | 676.0 | 256.0 | - | 83,160 |
| 2022 | 302.0 | 250.0 | - | 87,022 |
| 2023 | 534.0 | 330.0 | - | 90,724 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc serves 30 ZIP codes in Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc?
Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc had a SAIDI of 534.0 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this trails the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc?
Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Texas.
How many customers does Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc serve?
Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc serves approximately 90,724 customers in Texas.
How has Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc's reliability changed over time?
Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Texas
- Customers
- 90,724
- Annual Revenue
- $0.20B
- EIA ID
- 16613
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc. 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 (91K here), outside Texas.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (534.0 here), outside Texas, 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.