Cooperative · Tennessee · EIA 16930
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop
Cooperative · Tennessee · 39K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 487 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 227 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (487 minutes including them) across 39K customers.
- 487 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.42
- SAIFI 2023
- 227 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 39K
- 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 Sequachee Valley Electric Coop filings show
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Tennessee under EIA identifier 16930. It reports service to approximately 38,597 customer accounts and generated about $0.10 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 Sequachee Valley Electric Coop customer experienced 487.5 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 3.42, putting the typical customer at roughly 3 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 226.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 487.5 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Sequachee Valley Electric Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI climbed from 363.4 to 487.5 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
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.
487 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Sequachee Valley Electric Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop SAIDI trend
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
487 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 18% 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 Sequachee Valley Electric Coop sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop charges more per customer than 50% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 20% 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: $2,540/year · Latest SAIDI: 487.5 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 487.5 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 363.4 | 172.4 | 3.741 | 36,683 |
| 2021 | 345.3 | 271.7 | 3.710 | 37,024 |
| 2022 | 312.3 | 255.3 | 3.475 | 37,974 |
| 2023 | 487.5 | 226.7 | 3.419 | 38,000 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop serves 30 ZIP codes in Tennessee.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Sequachee Valley Electric Coop?
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop had a SAIDI of 487.5 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 226.7 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Sequachee Valley Electric Coop?
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Tennessee.
How many customers does Sequachee Valley Electric Coop serve?
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop serves approximately 38,597 customers in Tennessee.
How has Sequachee Valley Electric Coop's reliability changed over time?
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop 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
- Tennessee
- Customers
- 38,597
- Annual Revenue
- $0.10B
- EIA ID
- 16930
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Sequachee Valley Electric Coop. 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 (39K here), outside Tennessee.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (487.5 here), outside Tennessee, 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.