Cooperative · Minnesota · EIA 20996
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn
Cooperative · Minnesota · 56K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 62 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 28 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (62 minutes including them) across 56K customers.
- 62 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.76
- SAIFI 2023
- 28 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 56K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn filings show
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Minnesota under EIA identifier 20996. It reports service to approximately 56,289 customer accounts and generated about $0.12 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 44 ZIP codes. Being member-owned, this cooperative answers to its ratepayers rather than outside shareholders, a structure that tends to influence how rate cases and capital spending get decided.
In 2023, the average Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn customer experienced 61.7 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, 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 0.76 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 28.2 minutes, and the spread against the headline 61.7 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 29.1 to 61.7 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.
62 min/year per customer
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn SAIDI trend
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
62 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 78% 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 Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn charges more per customer than 22% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 81% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,111/year · Latest SAIDI: 61.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 61.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 0.372 | 51,746 |
| 2021 | 34.6 | 30.7 | 0.484 | 53,390 |
| 2022 | 54.1 | 28.6 | 0.636 | 54,150 |
| 2023 | 61.7 | 28.2 | 0.760 | 55,263 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn serves 44 ZIP codes in Minnesota.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn?
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn had a SAIDI of 61.7 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 28.2 minutes excluding them (the industry-standard measure of routine reliability, so the gap traces back to a major storm that year, not a chronic issue). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn?
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn is classified as a Cooperative serving Minnesota.
How many customers does Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn serve?
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn serves approximately 56,289 customers in Minnesota.
How has Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn's reliability changed over time?
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Minnesota
- Customers
- 56,289
- Annual Revenue
- $0.12B
- EIA ID
- 20996
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn. 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 (56K here), outside Minnesota.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (61.7 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.