Cooperative · Alabama · EIA 18203
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc
Cooperative · Alabama · 30K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 328 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 328 minutes SAIDI across 30K customers.
- 328 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.34
- SAIFI 2023
- 30K
- 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 Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc filings show
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Alabama under EIA identifier 18203. It reports service to approximately 30,054 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 38 ZIP codes. 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 Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc customer experienced 327.7 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That exceeds the 120–180 minute national benchmark by a wide margin, a pattern often tied to severe weather exposure, older infrastructure, or longer repair windows. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 2.34, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year.
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 897.2 to 327.7 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.
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.
328 min/year per customer
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc SAIDI trend
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
328 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 28% 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 Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc charges more per customer than 45% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 31% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less and is less reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,468/year · Latest SAIDI: 327.7 minutes/year.
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 897.2 | 324.4 | 2.900 | 28,112 |
| 2021 | 291.9 | 227.9 | 2.123 | 28,729 |
| 2022 | 416.8 | 374.2 | 2.403 | 29,412 |
| 2023 | 327.7 | - | 2.341 | 30,054 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc serves 38 ZIP codes in Alabama.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc?
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc had a SAIDI of 327.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this trails the national average, indicating below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc?
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Alabama.
How many customers does Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc serve?
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc serves approximately 30,054 customers in Alabama.
How has Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc's reliability changed over time?
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc 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
- Alabama
- Customers
- 30,054
- Annual Revenue
- $0.07B
- EIA ID
- 18203
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc. 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 (30K here), outside Alabama.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (327.7 here), outside Alabama, 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.