Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop

What This Utility Data Tells You

Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Virginia under EIA identifier 17066. It reports service to approximately 99,494 customer accounts and generated about $0.28 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 91 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 Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop customer experienced 182.8 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.73, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 182.8 minutes; the difference from the headline 182.8 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has increased from 160.0 to 182.8 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.