Cooperative · Mississippi · EIA 17252
Singing River Elec Cooperative
Cooperative · Mississippi · 79K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 162 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Singing River Elec Cooperative shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 151 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 79K customers.
- 162 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 151 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 79K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Singing River Elec Cooperative filings show
Singing River Elec Cooperative is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Mississippi under EIA identifier 17252. It reports service to approximately 79,177 customer accounts and generated about $0.17 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 32 ZIP codes. Being member-owned, this cooperative answers to its ratepayers rather than outside shareholders, a structure that tends to influence how rate cases and capital spending get decided.
In 2023, the average Singing River Elec Cooperative customer experienced 161.7 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (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. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 151.1 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 161.7 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
Singing River Elec Cooperative has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 4198.9 down to 161.7 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes. Note: this figure is unusually low compared to typical U.S. utility performance and may reflect an incomplete EIA filing for this year rather than a genuine reliability improvement -- treat with caution and cross-check against Singing River Elec Cooperative's other reported years.
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.
162 min/year per customer
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Singing River Elec Cooperative from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Singing River Elec Cooperative SAIDI trend
Singing River Elec Cooperative vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
162 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 50% 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 Singing River Elec Cooperative sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Singing River Elec Cooperative charges more per customer than 28% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 54% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,202/year · Latest SAIDI: 161.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 161.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4198.9 | 166.4 | - | 75,393 |
| 2021 | 225.1 | 147.2 | - | 76,387 |
| 2022 | 167.1 | 28.8 | - | 77,031 |
| 2023 | 161.7 | 151.1 | - | 78,494 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Singing River Elec Cooperative serves 32 ZIP codes in Mississippi.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Singing River Elec Cooperative?
Singing River Elec Cooperative had a SAIDI of 161.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Singing River Elec Cooperative?
Singing River Elec Cooperative is classified as a Cooperative serving Mississippi.
How many customers does Singing River Elec Cooperative serve?
Singing River Elec Cooperative serves approximately 79,177 customers in Mississippi.
How has Singing River Elec Cooperative's reliability changed over time?
Singing River Elec Cooperative has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Mississippi
- Customers
- 79,177
- Annual Revenue
- $0.17B
- EIA ID
- 17252
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Singing River Elec Cooperative. 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 (79K here), outside Mississippi.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (161.7 here), outside Mississippi, 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.