Cooperative · Minnesota · EIA 17267
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop
Cooperative · Minnesota · 25K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 48 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 48 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 25K customers.
- 48 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.06
- SAIFI 2023
- 48 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 25K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop filings show
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 17267. It reports service to approximately 24,754 customer accounts and generated about $0.08 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 64 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 Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop customer experienced 47.8 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 1.06, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 47.8 minutes; the difference from the headline 47.8 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 100.8 to 47.8 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.
48 minutes per customer per year
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop SAIDI trend
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
48 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 84% 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 Sioux Valley SW Elec 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, Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop charges more per customer than 83% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 87% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more and is more reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $3,297/year · Latest SAIDI: 47.8 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 47.8 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 100.8 | 95.5 | 2.218 | 3,880 |
| 2021 | 90.2 | 90.2 | 0.730 | 3,876 |
| 2022 | 586.7 | 173.3 | 2.798 | 3,884 |
| 2023 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 1.059 | 3,881 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop serves 64 ZIP codes in Minnesota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop?
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop had a SAIDI of 47.8 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this beats the national average, a sign of above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop?
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Minnesota.
How many customers does Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop serve?
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop serves approximately 24,754 customers in Minnesota.
How has Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop's reliability changed over time?
Sioux Valley SW Elec Coop 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
- Minnesota
- Customers
- 24,754
- Annual Revenue
- $0.08B
- EIA ID
- 17267
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Sioux Valley SW Elec 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 (25K here), outside Minnesota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (47.8 here), outside Minnesota, 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.