Cooperative · Minnesota · EIA 20639
Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · Minnesota · 15K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 201 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 194 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 15K customers.
- 201 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.29
- SAIFI 2023
- 194 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 15K
- 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 Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 20639. It reports service to approximately 14,670 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 34 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 Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 201.0 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 2.29, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 194.0 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 201.0 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 228.0 to 201.0 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.
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.
201 minutes per customer per year
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Wild Rice 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
201 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 43% 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 Wild Rice 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, Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 43% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 46% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less and is less reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,427/year · Latest SAIDI: 201.0 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 201.0 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 228.0 | 228.0 | 1.920 |
| 2021 | 255.8 | 248.0 | 2.634 |
| 2022 | 674.2 | 314.3 | 3.755 |
| 2023 | 201.0 | 194.0 | 2.290 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc serves 34 ZIP codes in Minnesota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc?
Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 201.0 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc?
Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving Minnesota.
How many customers does Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 14,670 customers in Minnesota.
How has Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Wild Rice Electric Coop, 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
- Minnesota
- Customers
- 14,670
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 20639
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Wild Rice 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 (15K here), outside Minnesota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (201.0 here), outside Minnesota, 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.