Cooperative · North Dakota · EIA 19790
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc
Cooperative · North Dakota · 17K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 47 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 47 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 17K customers.
- 47 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.63
- SAIFI 2023
- 47 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 17K
- 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 Verendrye Electric Coop Inc filings show
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Dakota under EIA identifier 19790. It reports service to approximately 16,637 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 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 Verendrye Electric Coop Inc customer experienced 47.2 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.63, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 47.2 minutes, and the spread against the headline 47.2 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Verendrye Electric Coop Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 48.8 down to 47.2 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.
47 min/year per customer
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Verendrye Electric Coop Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc SAIDI trend
Verendrye 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
47 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 84% 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 Verendrye 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, Verendrye Electric Coop Inc charges more per customer than 81% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 87% 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: $3,176/year · Latest SAIDI: 47.2 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 47.2 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 0.680 | 20,624 |
| 2021 | 88.2 | 88.2 | 1.350 | 20,455 |
| 2022 | 446.1 | 41.7 | 0.770 | 20,510 |
| 2023 | 47.2 | 47.2 | 0.630 | 20,595 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc serves 47 ZIP codes in North Dakota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Verendrye Electric Coop Inc?
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc had a SAIDI of 47.2 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Verendrye Electric Coop Inc?
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving North Dakota.
How many customers does Verendrye Electric Coop Inc serve?
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc serves approximately 16,637 customers in North Dakota.
How has Verendrye Electric Coop Inc's reliability changed over time?
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- North Dakota
- Customers
- 16,637
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 19790
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Verendrye 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 (17K here), outside North Dakota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (47.2 here), outside North Dakota, 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.