Taylor County Rural E C C

What This Utility Data Tells You

Taylor County Rural E C C is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Kentucky under EIA identifier 18498. It reports service to approximately 27,945 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 30 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 Taylor County Rural E C C customer experienced 879.8 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.97 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 121.6 minutes, and the spread against the headline 879.8 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Taylor County Rural E C C's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has increased from 117.8 to 879.8 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.