Cooperative · Colorado · EIA 19499
United Power, Inc
Cooperative · Colorado · 111K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 65 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
United Power, Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 65 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 111K customers.
- 65 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.65
- SAIFI 2023
- 65 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 111K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage United Power, Inc filings show
United Power, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Colorado under EIA identifier 19499. It reports service to approximately 110,502 customer accounts and generated about $0.33 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 47 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 United Power, Inc customer experienced 65.2 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 0.65 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 65.2 minutes; the difference from the headline 65.2 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
United Power, 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 window, SAIDI moved from 158.9 down to 65.2 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing 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.
65 outage minutes per customer annually
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for United Power, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
United Power, Inc SAIDI trend
United Power, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
65 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 77% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more utilities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where United Power, 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, United Power, Inc charges more per customer than 75% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 80% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more and is more reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $3,021/year · Latest SAIDI: 65.2 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 65.2 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 158.9 | 70.6 | 0.907 | 98,752 |
| 2021 | 84.8 | 68.2 | 0.800 | 103,584 |
| 2022 | 61.4 | 61.4 | 0.740 | 108,048 |
| 2023 | 65.2 | 65.2 | 0.648 | 111,672 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
United Power, Inc serves 47 ZIP codes in Colorado.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is United Power, Inc?
United Power, Inc had a SAIDI of 65.2 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is United Power, Inc?
United Power, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Colorado.
How many customers does United Power, Inc serve?
United Power, Inc serves approximately 110,502 customers in Colorado.
How has United Power, Inc's reliability changed over time?
United Power, 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
- Colorado
- Customers
- 110,502
- Annual Revenue
- $0.33B
- EIA ID
- 19499
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Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for United Power, 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 (111K here), outside Colorado.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (65.2 here), outside Colorado, 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.