Woodruff Electric Coop Corp

What This Utility Data Tells You

Woodruff Electric Coop Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Arkansas under EIA identifier 20963. It reports service to approximately 20,025 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 47 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 Woodruff Electric Coop Corp customer experienced 39.7 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (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 0.13, putting the typical customer at roughly 0 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 36.5 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 39.7 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

Woodruff Electric Coop Corp has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 19.2 to 39.7 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.