White River Electric Assn, Inc

Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).

What short-outage White River Electric Assn, Inc filings show

White River Electric Assn, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Colorado under EIA identifier 20576. It reports service to approximately 3,484 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 8 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.

In 2023, the average White River Electric Assn, Inc customer experienced 68.7 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or 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 0.62, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 68.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 68.7 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for White River Electric Assn, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 305.7 to 68.7 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.