Withlacoochee River Elec Coop

What This Utility Data Tells You

Withlacoochee River Elec Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Florida under EIA identifier 20885. It reports service to approximately 251,731 customer accounts and generated about $0.53 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 52 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 Withlacoochee River Elec Coop customer experienced 137.9 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.44 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 92.4 minutes; the difference from the headline 137.9 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Withlacoochee River Elec Coop, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 126.2 to 137.9 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.