Cooperative · Nevada · EIA 19840
Valley Electric Assn, Inc
Cooperative · Nevada · 25K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 145 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Valley Electric Assn, Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 41 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (145 minutes including them) across 25K customers.
- 145 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.51
- SAIFI 2023
- 41 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 25K
- 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 Valley Electric Assn, Inc filings show
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.
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.
145 minutes per customer per year
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Valley Electric Assn, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Valley Electric Assn, Inc SAIDI trend
Valley Electric Assn, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
145 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 54% 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 Valley Electric Assn, 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, Valley Electric Assn, Inc charges more per customer than 90% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 58% 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: $3,652/year · Latest SAIDI: 144.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 144.6 minutes
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.
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
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Valley Electric Assn, 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 (25K here), outside Nevada.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (144.6 here), outside Nevada, 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.