San Luis Valley R E C, Inc

What This Utility Data Tells You

San Luis Valley R E C, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Colorado under EIA identifier 16603. It reports service to approximately 13,170 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 20 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 San Luis Valley R E C, Inc customer experienced 161.1 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 0.10 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 101.7 minutes, and the spread against the headline 161.1 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for San Luis Valley R E C, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 289.9 down to 161.1 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.