Cooperative · Georgia · EIA 10624
Southern Rivers Energy
Cooperative · Georgia · 21K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 707 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Southern Rivers Energy shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 299 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (707 minutes including them) across 21K customers.
- 707 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 4.80
- SAIFI 2023
- 299 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 21K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Southern Rivers Energy filings show
Southern Rivers Energy is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Georgia under EIA identifier 10624. It reports service to approximately 21,240 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 27 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 Southern Rivers Energy customer experienced 706.8 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 4.80, putting the typical customer at roughly 5 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 299.3 minutes, and the spread against the headline 706.8 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Southern Rivers Energy's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 430.4 to 706.8 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
707 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Southern Rivers Energy from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Southern Rivers Energy SAIDI trend
Southern Rivers Energy vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
707 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 11% 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 Rivers Energy 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 Rivers Energy charges more per customer than 54% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 13% 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: $2,603/year · Latest SAIDI: 706.8 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 706.8 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 430.4 | 282.8 | 3.600 | 19,720 |
| 2021 | 187.8 | 164.1 | 1.940 | 20,111 |
| 2022 | 509.0 | 294.1 | 4.430 | 20,521 |
| 2023 | 706.8 | 299.3 | 4.801 | 20,940 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Southern Rivers Energy serves 27 ZIP codes in Georgia.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Southern Rivers Energy?
Southern Rivers Energy had a SAIDI of 706.8 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 299.3 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard measure of day-to-day reliability, the gap reflects a major storm that year, not chronic performance). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Southern Rivers Energy?
Southern Rivers Energy is classified as a Cooperative serving Georgia.
How many customers does Southern Rivers Energy serve?
Southern Rivers Energy serves approximately 21,240 customers in Georgia.
How has Southern Rivers Energy's reliability changed over time?
Southern Rivers Energy 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
- Georgia
- Customers
- 21,240
- Annual Revenue
- $0.06B
- EIA ID
- 10624
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Southern Rivers Energy. 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 (21K here), outside Georgia.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (706.8 here), outside Georgia, 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.