Cooperative · Kansas · EIA 60839
Southern Pioneer Electric Company
Cooperative · Kansas · 17K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 253 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Southern Pioneer Electric Company shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 165 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 17K customers.
- 253 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 165 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 17K
- 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 Southern Pioneer Electric Company filings show
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. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.
In 2023, the average Southern Pioneer Electric Company customer experienced 253.0 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 164.8 minutes, and the spread against the headline 253.0 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
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 climbed from 98.4 to 253.0 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.
253 outage minutes per customer annually
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Southern Pioneer Electric Company from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Southern Pioneer Electric Company SAIDI trend
Southern Pioneer Electric Company vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
253 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 35% 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 Southern Pioneer Electric Company sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Southern Pioneer Electric Company charges more per customer than 93% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 38% 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: $3,924/year · Latest SAIDI: 253.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 253.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 98.4 | 98.4 | - | 16,784 |
| 2021 | 222.2 | 222.2 | - | 17,002 |
| 2022 | 132.6 | 114.0 | - | 16,918 |
| 2023 | 253.0 | 164.8 | - | 16,957 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Southern Pioneer Electric Company?
Southern Pioneer Electric Company had a SAIDI of 253.0 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is Southern Pioneer Electric Company?
Southern Pioneer Electric Company is classified as a Cooperative serving Kansas.
How many customers does Southern Pioneer Electric Company serve?
Southern Pioneer Electric Company serves approximately 17,051 customers in Kansas.
How has Southern Pioneer Electric Company's reliability changed over time?
Southern Pioneer Electric Company has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Kansas
- Customers
- 17,051
- Annual Revenue
- $0.07B
- EIA ID
- 60839
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Southern Pioneer Electric Company. 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 (17K here), outside Kansas.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (253.0 here), outside Kansas, 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.