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In Idaho, Kootenai Electric Cooperative bills 33,129 accounts, 91.7% residential, as an cooperative utility. Its SAIDI went -39% over the filing history, from 206 minutes in 2018 to 125 in 2024.
Kootenai Electric Cooperative: 1,131 kWh a month costs roughly $138 in energy at 12.21 ¢/kWh, +5.9% on the Idaho average of 11.52 ¢.
Its SAIDI went -39% over the filing history, from 206 minutes in 2018 to 125 in 2024.
Outage time is the clearest story here: 206 minutes in 2018, 125 in 2024 (-39%). The best year was 2023 at 100 and the worst 2021 at 213.
SAIFI adds the frequency view: 0.81 interruptions a customer a year, 0.80 times the national median (1.01), with 155 minutes per interruption.
| Kootenai Electric Cooperative, 2024 | Home | Business | Bill | SAIDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kootenai Electric Cooperative | 12.21 ¢/kWh | 11.53 ¢/kWh | $138at 1,131 kWh | 125 minSAIDI |
| Idaho average against this company, which is 3 of 3 on priceLowest in this table | -0.69 ¢/kWhcompany 5.9% above | -2.36 ¢/kWhcompany 25.7% above | -$8a month at 1,131 kWh | -26 mincompany 26 above |
| Idaho Power Co | 11.76 ¢/kWhcompany 3.8% above | 9.15 ¢/kWhcompany 26.0% above | $1335 less than company | 164 mincompany 39 below |
Kootenai Electric Cooperative: +10.1% on 2024 for homes, Idaho +2.6%.
Kootenai Electric Cooperative reported 13.44 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +10.1% on its 2024 figure of 12.21, while the Idaho average moved +2.6%. Its SAIDI is 94 minutes against 125 in 2024.
Kootenai Electric Cooperative serves 30,378 homes in Idaho. At 1,131 kWh a month that is about 161 kg of CO₂, or 1,928 kg a year, at the Idaho plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Idaho generation mix.
9.31 ¢ in 2015, 12.21 ¢ in 2024 (+31.1%); Idaho 9.93 to 11.52 ¢.
| Year | Kootenai Electric Cooperativ | Gap to Idaho residential | Gap to U.S. residential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.31 | -0.62 | -3.34 |
| 2016 | 9.49 | -0.46 | -3.06 |
| 2017 | 9.72 | -0.32 | -3.17 |
| 2018 | 9.98 | -0.17 | -2.89 |
| 2019 | 9.94 | +0.05 | -3.07 |
| 2020 | 9.95 | +0.00 | -3.20 |
| 2021 | 10.14 | -0.02 | -3.52 |
| 2022 | 10.62 | +0.25 | -4.42 |
| 2023 | 11.44 | +0.39 | -4.56 |
| 2024 | 12.21 | +0.69 | -4.27 |
10 rows from EIA retail sales.
CSV206 min in 2018, 125 in 2024.
| Year | Kootenai Electric Coop, no major events |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 206 |
| 2019 | 174 |
| 2020 | 185 |
| 2021 | 213 |
| 2022 | 203 |
| 2023 | 100 |
| 2024 | 125 |
7 rows from EIA-861 survey.
CSV125.0 min, 1.26x the median reporter, rank 409 of 673.
Kootenai Electric Cooperative, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.
CSVFrom 9.31 ¢ in 2015 to 12.21 ¢ in 2024, a move of +31.1%: Kootenai Electric Cooperative outpaced its state (+16.0%) by 15.1 points, and +0.8 points against the U.S. Kootenai Electric Cooperative's sharpest move came in 2023, +7.7%. The latest year is the high at 12.21 ¢; the low was 9.31 ¢ (2015). 2024: +6.7% here, +4.3% for the Idaho average. SAIDI at Kootenai Electric Cooperative (major events excluded) fell from 206 minutes in 2018 to 125 in 2024, -39%; best year 2023 at 100. Against the national median, Kootenai Electric Cooperative came in lower on SAIDI in 0 of 7 years, and 2024 ended at 125 minutes, +26 from the median. 2021: 2409 minutes with major events, 213 without, the widest gap of any year. Kootenai Electric Cooperative has 2 cheaper and 0 higher-priced Idaho peers among 3 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Idaho Power Co, bills 11.76 ¢ (-0.45).
Pricier by 5.9% than Idaho and slower to restore, at 125 minutes or 1.3 times the median.
Home accounts at Kootenai Electric Cooperative went from 21,481 in 2015 to 30,378 in 2024, +41.4%. Business customers paid 0.94 times the home price in 2024 (11.53 against 12.21 ¢); the ratio was 0.96 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.20 in 2018 to 0.81 in 2024, between 0.81 and 1.78.
By 2024 the average Kootenai Electric Cooperative customer sat through 125 minutes of outage, against 206 in 2018 (−39%). Its best year was 2023 (100 min), its worst 2021 (213 min), across 7 filed years. Against a Idaho median of 127 minutes in 2024, Kootenai Electric Cooperative was below the middle.
Corrected for inflation, a Kootenai Electric Cooperative home paid 12.53 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 11.81 ¢ in 2013, +6.0%; the bill itself went 8.55 ¢ to 12.21 ¢ (+42.8%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,418 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,503 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 10th cheapest of 16 in 2013, 13th of 13 in 2024 among Idaho utilities with 1,000+ homes.
Kootenai Electric Cooperative at 125 min in 2024 and the Idaho median at 127.
Kootenai Electric Cooperative: 12.53 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 12.21 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
| Year, Kootenai Electric | ¢ billed | ¢ in 2025 $ | Price place, Kootenai Elect | SAIDI min | SAIFI | SAIDI place, Kootenai Elect | Idaho median SAIDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8.55 | 11.81 | 10 of 16 | – | – | – | – |
| 2014 | 9.25 | 12.58 | 11 of 16 | – | – | – | – |
| 2015 | 9.31 | 12.64 | 10 of 16 | – | – | – | – |
| 2016 | 9.49 | 12.73 | 10 of 16 | – | – | – | – |
| 2017 | 9.72 | 12.77 | 10 of 16 | – | – | – | – |
| 2018 | 9.98 | 12.80 | 10 of 16 | 206 | 1.20 | 4 of 6 | 176 |
| 2019 | 9.94 | 12.51 | 15 of 21 | 174 | 1.09 | 5 of 7 | 167 |
| 2020 | 9.95 | 12.38 | 9 of 13 | 185 | 1.78 | 6 of 6 | 153 |
| 2021 | 10.14 | 12.04 | 9 of 13 | 213 | 1.38 | 6 of 6 | 153 |
| 2022 | 10.62 | 11.69 | 10 of 13 | 203 | 1.23 | 6 of 6 | 128 |
| 2023 | 11.44 | 12.09 | 12 of 13 | 100 | 1.22 | 3 of 7 | 120 |
| 2024 | 12.21 | 12.53 | 13 of 13 | 125 | 0.81 | 4 of 8 | 127 |
Kootenai Electric Cooper, EIA utility 10454: EIA-861, CPI-U.
CSV| Kootenai Electric Cooperative sector | Accounts | Rate ¢/kWh | Gap to Idaho ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 30,378 | 12.21 | +0.69 |
| Commercial | 2,712 | 11.53 | +2.36 |
| Year | Home accounts, Kootenai Electric Coop | Home ¢ | Business ¢ | Ratio | SAIDI | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 21,481 | 9.31 | 8.92 | 0.96 | No data | No data |
| 2016 | 22,082 | 9.49 | 8.99 | 0.95 | No data | No data |
| 2017 | 22,796 | 9.72 | 8.98 | 0.92 | No data | No data |
| 2018 | 23,653 | 9.98 | 9.18 | 0.92 | 206 | 1.20 |
| 2019 | 24,818 | 9.94 | 9.25 | 0.93 | 174 | 1.09 |
| 2020 | 25,867 | 9.95 | 9.37 | 0.94 | 185 | 1.78 |
| 2021 | 27,152 | 10.14 | 9.64 | 0.95 | 213 | 1.38 |
| 2022 | 28,426 | 10.62 | 9.76 | 0.92 | 203 | 1.23 |
| 2023 | 29,976 | 11.44 | 10.58 | 0.92 | 100 | 1.22 |
| 2024 | 30,378 | 12.21 | 11.53 | 0.94 | 125 | 0.81 |
| Utility near Kootenai Electric Cooperative on price | SAIDI min, gap to Kootenai Electric Cooperative | Home ¢, gap to Kootenai Electric Cooperative | Gap % to Kootenai Electric Cooperative | Accounts, Kootenai Electric Cooperative = 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. City of Idaho Falls | -53 | -2.96 | -24.2% | 0.99 |
| 2. Idaho Power Co | +39 | -0.45 | -3.7% | 18.76 |
| 3. Kootenai Electric Cooperative (this utility) | 125 | 12.21 | - | 1.00 |
| Class at Kootenai Electric Cooperative | Accounts | Of Kootenai Electric Cooperative accounts | Of Kootenai Electric Cooperative MWh sold | kWh a year per Kootenai Electric Cooperative account |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 30,378 | 91.7% | 71.0% | 13,569 |
| Commercial | 2,712 | 8.2% | 24.3% | 51,923 |
| Industrial and other | 39 | 0.12% | 4.8% | 707,487 |
| Measure | Kootenai Electric Cooperative | Idaho context | Kootenai Electric Cooperative detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kootenai Electric Cooperative home meters on AMI | 100.0% | Idaho 81.3% | 31,169 of 31,169 meters |
| Time-of-use rate for Kootenai Electric Cooperative homes | Not on file | 3 of 5 Idaho utilities offer one | no dynamic-pricing count filed by Kootenai Electric Cooperative |
| Net-metered installations | 274 | 100% residential | 9.0 homes per 1,000 accounts, 6.4 kW average |
| kWh | Share of a 1,131 kWh month | Cost a month at 12.21 ¢ | vs U.S. | Cost a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | 22% | $30.51 | -$10.69 | $366 |
| 500 | 44% | $61.03 | -$21.37 | $732 |
| 750 | 66% | $91.54 | -$32.06 | $1,098 |
| 1,000 | 88% | $122.05 | -$42.75 | $1,465 |
| 1,500 | 133% | $183.08 | -$64.12 | $2,197 |
| 2,000 | 177% | $244.10 | -$85.50 | $2,929 |
| Measure, Kootenai Electric Co | No events | All events | Converted |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAIDI minutes | 125.0 | 186.8 | 2.08 h |
| SAIFI interruptions | 0.805 | 1.174 | 1.24 yr apart |
| CAIDI minutes | 155.3 | 159.1 | 2.59 h |
3 Idaho counties plus 1 other state, region WECC:
Idaho other states: 4 of 4 counties of Kootenai Electric Cooperative drawn
Kootenai Electric Cooperative: 4 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.
CSV33,129 accounts in 2024: residential 30,378, commercial 2,712, industrial 39.
In 2024 homes paid 12.21 cents; against the Idaho average that is +5.9%.
SAIDI 125.0 min and SAIFI 0.81 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.26, CAIDI 155 min.
274 installations with 1.7 MW, of which residential installations number 274.
1,131 kWh at 12.21 cents comes to about $138, energy only.
Rank 3 of 3 in Idaho on price, +5.9% against the state average; 2 charge less than 12.21 ¢.
Homes take 71.0% of 580,607 MWh, commercial accounts 24.3%, industrial and other 4.8%; the 2,712 commercial accounts use 51,923 kWh each, 3.8 times a home.
31,169 of 31,169 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Kootenai Electric Cooperative reports no home time-of-use rate; 3 of 5 Idaho filers do.
2nd cheapest of 3 in 2015, 3rd of 3 in 2024; its price rose 31.1% while Idaho rose 16.0%.
13.44 cents per kWh, +10.1% on the 12.21 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Home prices nearest to Kootenai Electric Cooperative at 12.21 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
5 home plan records, energy charges: 7.0 to 16.4 ¢/kWh.
Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).