Cooperative · Missouri · EIA 20318
Webster Electric Coop
Cooperative · Missouri · 19K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 167 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Webster Electric Coop shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 118 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 19K customers.
- 167 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.20
- SAIFI 2023
- 118 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 19K
- 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 Webster Electric Coop filings show
Webster Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Missouri under EIA identifier 20318. It reports service to approximately 19,350 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 19 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 Webster Electric Coop customer experienced 167.0 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.20 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 118.0 minutes, and the spread against the headline 167.0 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Webster Electric Coop, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 99.9 to 167.0 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to 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.
167 min/year per customer
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Webster Electric Coop from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Webster Electric Coop SAIDI trend
Webster Electric Coop vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
167 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 49% 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 Webster Electric Coop sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Webster Electric Coop charges more per customer than 10% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 53% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,901/year · Latest SAIDI: 167.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 167.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 99.9 | 71.0 | 1.200 |
| 2021 | 92.6 | 82.0 | 1.100 |
| 2022 | 160.0 | 134.0 | 1.400 |
| 2023 | 167.0 | 118.0 | 1.200 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Webster Electric Coop serves 19 ZIP codes in Missouri.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Webster Electric Coop?
Webster Electric Coop had a SAIDI of 167.0 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Webster Electric Coop?
Webster Electric Coop is classified as a Cooperative serving Missouri.
How many customers does Webster Electric Coop serve?
Webster Electric Coop serves approximately 19,350 customers in Missouri.
How has Webster Electric Coop's reliability changed over time?
Webster Electric Coop 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
- Missouri
- Customers
- 19,350
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 20318
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Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Webster Electric Coop. 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 (19K here), outside Missouri.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (167.0 here), outside Missouri, 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.