Cooperative Nevada

Valley Electric Assn, Inc

145min
SAIDI 2023
1.51
SAIFI 2023
24,659
Customers

What This Utility Data Tells You

Valley Electric Assn, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Nevada under EIA identifier 19840. It reports service to approximately 24,659 customer accounts and generated about $0.09 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 26 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 Valley Electric Assn, Inc customer experienced 144.6 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, 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 1.51 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 41.4 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 144.6 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

Valley Electric Assn, 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 increased from 68.5 to 144.6 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.

SAIDI

145 min per year

Average outage minutes (2023)

SAIFI

1.51 interruptions/yr

Average interruption count (2023)

Customers

24,659

Served in Nevada

SAIDI vs. National Average (180 min) 36.2%

145 minutes per customer per year

Valley Electric Assn, Inc SAIDI

Minutes without power per year (2023)

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Average

Reliability Trend (2020–2023)

Year SAIDI (min) SAIDI nMED SAIFI Customers
2020 68.5 31.7 0.889 24,741
2021 87.4 34.3 0.766 22,801
2022 246.8 31.9 1.963 23,613
2023 144.6 41.4 1.511 24,075

SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.

Service Area

Valley Electric Assn, Inc serves 26 ZIP codes in Nevada.

8900189003890108901389017890198902089041890478904889049890608906189124891358916189415894229232892384923899351293513935149352693545

Frequently Asked Questions

How reliable is Valley Electric Assn, Inc?

Valley Electric Assn, Inc had a SAIDI of 144.6 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 41.4 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.

What type of utility is Valley Electric Assn, Inc?

Valley Electric Assn, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Nevada.

How many customers does Valley Electric Assn, Inc serve?

Valley Electric Assn, Inc serves approximately 24,659 customers in Nevada.

How has Valley Electric Assn, Inc's reliability changed over time?

Valley Electric Assn, 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
Nevada
Customers
24,659
Annual Revenue
$0.09B
EIA ID
19840

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.

Every figure on PlainUtility is rendered directly from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Form 861 reliability data, no number is typed in by an editor. This utility's SAIDI/SAIFI figures are rendered directly from EIA Form 861 reliability files. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2020-2023.