Cooperative · Indiana · EIA 20216
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC
Cooperative · Indiana · 12K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 240 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 240 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 12K customers.
- 240 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.30
- SAIFI 2023
- 240 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 12K
- 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 Whitewater Valley Rural EMC filings show
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Indiana under EIA identifier 20216. It reports service to approximately 12,155 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 35 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 Whitewater Valley Rural EMC customer experienced 239.7 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 1.30 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 239.7 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 239.7 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Whitewater Valley Rural EMC, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 195.4 to 239.7 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.
240 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 Whitewater Valley Rural EMC from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC SAIDI trend
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
240 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 37% 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 Whitewater Valley Rural EMC sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Whitewater Valley Rural EMC charges more per customer than 62% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 39% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,734/year · Latest SAIDI: 239.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 239.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 195.4 | 195.4 | 1.311 |
| 2021 | 155.5 | 155.5 | 1.300 |
| 2022 | 215.8 | 215.8 | 1.200 |
| 2023 | 239.7 | 239.7 | 1.300 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC serves 35 ZIP codes in Indiana.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Whitewater Valley Rural EMC?
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC had a SAIDI of 239.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is Whitewater Valley Rural EMC?
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC is classified as a Cooperative serving Indiana.
How many customers does Whitewater Valley Rural EMC serve?
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC serves approximately 12,155 customers in Indiana.
How has Whitewater Valley Rural EMC's reliability changed over time?
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Indiana
- Customers
- 12,155
- Annual Revenue
- $0.03B
- EIA ID
- 20216
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Whitewater Valley Rural EMC. 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 (12K here), outside Indiana.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (239.7 here), outside Indiana, 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.