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East Central Energy · Minnesota

Cooperative utility · EIA utility no. 5574 · 55,250 residential customers reported

In 2024, East Central Energy's Minnesota customers averaged 0.6 outages and 178 minutes without power, and paid about $138 a month for electricity (16.9¢/kWh). These are East Central Energy's own filings to EIA, under the IEEE reliability standard, including major storm days.

Outages / yr (SAIFI)
0.6
Time out / yr (SAIDI)
178 min
Avg residential bill / mo
$138
Price / kWh
16.9 ¢

Outage history

Minutes without power per customer · storm days shown separately
East Central Energy annual outage history in Minnesota: minutes without power per customer with and without major storm days, and outages per year, by year, from EIA.
Year With storm days Without storm days Outages / yr Relative duration
2024 178 84 0.6
2023 82 63 0.8
2022 407 62 1.4
2021 65 47 0.8
2020 167 54 1.2
2019 98 68 1.2
2018 71 54 1.0
2017 56 56 0.7
2016 123 78 1.3
2015 84 75 1.0
Storm-heavy years look worse with major storm days included; with them removed, the underlying year is comparable. We always show both so a single storm season is not mistaken for a trend. What is a Major Event Day?

About these numbers

Source
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Form EIA-861), 2024 data. The monthly bill and price per kWh are computed by CheckedHome from EIA residential revenue and sales. View the source. Synced from EIA on .
Self-reported
Utilities report these figures to EIA themselves; EIA does not audit every submission, and outages from recent months appear only in the next annual release.
Major storm days
Outage figures can be shown with or without Major Event Days (severe storms). We show both on utility pages and never cherry-pick.
A correction?
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Reporting standard
East Central Energy reports under the IEEE 1366 method. The standard used is shown so figures are not mixed silently.
Counties served
Aitkin, Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and 4 more.

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