Cooperative · Ohio · EIA 19501
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Ohio · 12K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 197 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 70 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (197 minutes including them) across 12K customers.
- 197 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.20
- SAIFI 2023
- 70 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 12K
- 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 Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Ohio under EIA identifier 19501. It reports service to approximately 11,806 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 18 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 Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 196.8 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.20 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 70.0 minutes, and the spread against the headline 196.8 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
Union Rural Electric 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. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 69.6 to 196.8 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.
197 outage minutes per customer annually
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
197 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 44% 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 Union Rural Electric 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, Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 97% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 47% 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: $4,974/year · Latest SAIDI: 196.8 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 196.8 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 69.6 | 60.9 | 0.907 | 10,682 |
| 2021 | 174.1 | 48.1 | 1.781 | 11,095 |
| 2022 | 240.8 | 64.1 | 2.100 | 11,512 |
| 2023 | 196.8 | 70.0 | 2.200 | 11,863 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc serves 18 ZIP codes in Ohio.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc?
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 196.8 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 70.0 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 comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc?
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Ohio.
How many customers does Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 11,806 customers in Ohio.
How has Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Ohio
- Customers
- 11,806
- Annual Revenue
- $0.06B
- EIA ID
- 19501
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Union Rural Electric 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 (12K here), outside Ohio.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (196.8 here), outside Ohio, 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.