Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX)

Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.

What mid-pack Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) filings show

Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Texas under EIA identifier 19159. It reports service to approximately 137,184 customer accounts and generated about $0.44 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 22 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 Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) customer experienced 200.2 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). 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 1.72 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 146.3 minutes, and the spread against the headline 200.2 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX), which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 287.1 to 200.2 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.