The least reliable electric utilities

Most minutes without power per customer in 2025 (SAIDI, including major events), utilities with 10,000+ homes. A single hurricane or ice storm can dominate one year.

EIA-861 2025 and EIA-861M through 2026-07. Updated 2026-10-21.

#	Utility	State	Outage time	Homes
1	Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op	Michigan	151 hr 14 min	33K	5 hr 7 min excl. major events
2	Great Lakes Energy Co-op	Michigan	73 hr 21 min	123K	5 hr 15 min excl. major events
3	Twin County Electric Power Association	Mississippi	69 hr 10 min	12K	4 hr 43 min excl. major events
4	City of Fremont	Nebraska	51 hr 21 min	14K	18 min excl. major events
5	Alpena Power Co.	Michigan	49 hr 54 min	14K	63 min excl. major events
6	Black River Electric Co-op	Missouri	48 hr 29 min	22K	9 hr 24 min excl. major events
7	Southwest Mississippi E P A	Mississippi	45 hr 36 min	23K	30 hr 32 min excl. major events
8	Bowie-Cass Electric Co-op	Texas	43 hr 34 min	35K	17 hr 2 min excl. major events
9	Norris Public Power District	Nebraska	42 hr 21 min	19K	7 hr 45 min excl. major events
10	Grayson Rural Electric Co-op Corp.	Kentucky	39 hr 51 min	14K	39 hr 51 min excl. major events
11	Kiamichi Electric Co-op	Oklahoma	38 hr 42 min	21K	9 hr 48 min excl. major events
12	Southeastern IL Electric Co-op	Illinois	36 hr 54 min	23K	2 hr 52 min excl. major events
13	Southside Electric Co-op	Virginia	35 hr 27 min	57K	5 hr 24 min excl. major events
14	Delta Electric Power Association	Mississippi	32 hr 21 min	21K	9 hr 38 min excl. major events
15	Big Sandy Rural Electric Co-op Corp.	Kentucky	31 hr 38 min	12K	18 hr 58 min excl. major events
16	Oconto Electric Cooperative	Wisconsin	31 hr 25 min	10K	— excl. major events
17	Washington Electric Member Corp.	Georgia	29 hr 49 min	15K	29 hr 49 min excl. major events
18	Citizens Electric Corporation	Missouri	28 hr 8 min	25K	2 hr 8 min excl. major events
19	City of Anderson	Indiana	22 hr 56 min	30K	4 hr 24 min excl. major events
20	South Kentucky Rural E C C	Kentucky	22 hr 48 min	65K	5 hr 14 min excl. major events
21	Corn Belt Energy Corporation	Illinois	22 hr 45 min	35K	2 hr 35 min excl. major events
22	Chickasaw Electric Co-op	Tennessee	22 hr 45 min	20K	8 hr 51 min excl. major events
23	Upshur Rural Electric Co-op Corp.	Texas	22 hr 12 min	45K	11 hr 54 min excl. major events
24	Missoula Electric Co-op	Montana	22 hr 12 min	15K	6 hr 3 min excl. major events
25	City Utilities of Springfield	Missouri	21 hr 28 min	106K	80 min excl. major events
26	Magnolia Electric Power Association	Mississippi	20 hr 58 min	31K	— excl. major events
27	Monongahela Power Co.	West Virginia	20 hr 50 min	334K	9 hr 13 min excl. major events
28	Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.	Michigan	20 hr 49 min	33K	4 hr 0 min excl. major events
29	South Central Indiana REMC	Indiana	19 hr 56 min	35K	5 hr 49 min excl. major events
30	Tri-County Electric Co-op (MI)	Michigan	19 hr 13 min	23K	119 min excl. major events
31	Jasper-Newton Electric Co-op	Texas	19 hr 5 min	21K	11 hr 37 min excl. major events
32	Matanuska Electric Association	Alaska	18 hr 54 min	65K	6 hr 30 min excl. major events
33	Deep East Texas Electric Co-op	Texas	18 hr 39 min	41K	18 hr 39 min excl. major events
34	Appalachian Power Co.	Virginia	18 hr 36 min	468K	5 hr 28 min excl. major events
35	Lane Electric Co-op	Oregon	17 hr 57 min	12K	11 hr 2 min excl. major events
36	Northern Lights	Idaho	17 hr 34 min	18K	6 hr 57 min excl. major events
37	Ozarks Electric Co-op Corp.	Oklahoma	17 hr 23 min	12K	2 hr 12 min excl. major events
38	PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor County	Washington	17 hr 16 min	40K	5 hr 38 min excl. major events
39	Appalachian Power Co.	West Virginia	17 hr 15 min	348K	9 hr 6 min excl. major events
40	Carroll Electric Co-op	Ohio	17 hr 13 min	12K	9 hr 21 min excl. major events
41	Truckee Donner P U D	California	17 hr 4 min	15K	— excl. major events
42	Stillwater Utilities Authority	Oklahoma	17 hr 4 min	20K	22 min excl. major events
43	Cloverland Electric Co-op	Michigan	17 hr 0 min	36K	5 hr 57 min excl. major events
44	Midwest Energy Cooperative	Michigan	16 hr 52 min	29K	4 hr 28 min excl. major events
45	Fannin County Electric Co-op	Texas	16 hr 42 min	12K	16 hr 42 min excl. major events
46	Buckeye Rural Electric Co-op	Ohio	16 hr 35 min	16K	16 hr 35 min excl. major events
47	Eastern Maine Electric Co-op	Maine	16 hr 31 min	11K	9 hr 19 min excl. major events
48	Pennyrile Rural Electric Co-op	Kentucky	16 hr 26 min	41K	4 hr 6 min excl. major events
49	Clay County Electric Co-op Corp.	Arkansas	16 hr 19 min	11K	5 hr 30 min excl. major events
50	Avista Corp.	Idaho	16 hr 13 min	129K	3 hr 28 min excl. major events

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