Southern Pioneer Electric Company

What This Utility Data Tells You

Southern Pioneer Electric Company is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Kansas under EIA identifier 60839. It reports service to approximately 17,051 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue. 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 Southern Pioneer Electric Company customer experienced 253.0 minutes of power interruptions — a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 164.8 minutes — the gap between that figure and the headline 253.0 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Southern Pioneer Electric Company, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 98.4 to 253.0 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization. All figures on this page come directly from EIA Form 861, the federal annual electric power industry survey — you can cross-reference them with your own utility bill or use them when comparing providers before relocating.