Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc

What This Utility Data Tells You

Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Colorado under EIA identifier 21081. It reports service to approximately 27,578 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 36 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 Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc customer experienced 142.7 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.16 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 142.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 142.7 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 220.1 down to 142.7 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.