Cooperative · Minnesota · EIA 18019
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn
Cooperative · Minnesota · 28K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 100 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 90 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 28K customers.
- 100 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.11
- SAIFI 2023
- 90 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 28K
- 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 Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn filings show
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 18019. It reports service to approximately 28,292 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 43 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 Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn customer experienced 100.4 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 1.11, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 89.9 minutes; the difference from the headline 100.4 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 103.8 to 100.4 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.
100 minutes per customer per year
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn SAIDI trend
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
100 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 66% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn charges more per customer than 38% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 70% 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: $2,341/year · Latest SAIDI: 100.4 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 100.4 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 103.8 | 77.1 | 0.938 | 27,525 |
| 2021 | 248.3 | 115.1 | 1.279 | 27,936 |
| 2022 | 172.9 | 63.7 | 0.841 | 28,233 |
| 2023 | 100.4 | 89.9 | 1.113 | 28,481 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn serves 43 ZIP codes in Minnesota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn?
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn had a SAIDI of 100.4 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn?
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn is classified as a Cooperative serving Minnesota.
How many customers does Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn serve?
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn serves approximately 28,292 customers in Minnesota.
How has Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn's reliability changed over time?
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn 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
- Minnesota
- Customers
- 28,292
- Annual Revenue
- $0.07B
- EIA ID
- 18019
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn. 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 (28K here), outside Minnesota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (100.4 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.