Southside Electric Coop, Inc: rates, outages and net metering

Roughly 59,338 Virginia accounts belong to Southside Electric Coop, Inc, classed by EIA as cooperative; the residential count is 56,846. Its SAIDI of 309 minutes is 3.11 times the national median reporter (99).

Southside Electric Coop, Inc: 1,108 kWh a month costs roughly $171 in energy at 15.48 ¢/kWh, +7.4% on the Virginia average of 14.41 ¢.

Its SAIDI of 309 minutes is 3.11 times the national median reporter (99).

Southside Electric Coop, Inc: outage minutes

SAIDI against national median: 3.11x309 minutes against 99

Reliability is the sharpest contrast for Southside Electric Coop, Inc: 309 minutes a year without power per customer, 3.11 times the national median of 99. Among 7 Virginia utilities that report SAIDI it ranks 5 (1 = fewest minutes); the Virginia median is 179.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 2.81 interruptions a customer a year, 2.78 times the national median (1.01), with 110 minutes per interruption.

How it compares

Southside Electric Coop, Inc
Southside Electric Coop, Inc, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Southside Electric Coop, Inc	15.48 ¢/kWh	12.08 ¢/kWh	$171at 1,108 kWh	309 minSAIDI
Virginia average against this company, which is 8 of 10 on priceLowest in this table	-1.07 ¢/kWhcompany 7.4% above	-3.36 ¢/kWhcompany 38.6% above	-$12a month at 1,108 kWh	-130 mincompany 130 above
Rappahannock Electric Coop	14.89 ¢/kWhcompany 4.0% above	12.05 ¢/kWhcompany 0.3% above	$165$7 less than company	189 mincompany 121 above

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Southside Electric Coop, Inc: 2025

Southside Electric Coop, Inc: -0.0% on 2024 for homes, Virginia +6.0%.

Southside Electric Coop, Inc home price, 2025: 15.48 ¢/kWhlevel with 2024, early release
Southside Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI, 2025: 324 min+5% on 2024, early release
Southside Electric Coop, Inc against Virginia, 2025: -6.0 pointsSouthside Electric Coop, Inc -0.0%, Virginia +6.0%, price in Virginia 15.28 ¢

Southside Electric Coop, Inc: 15.48 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, -0.0% from 15.48 ¢; Virginia as a whole went +6.0%, so Southside Electric Coop, Inc trailed it by 6.0 points. Its SAIDI is 324 minutes against 309 in 2024.

Carbon context

Southside Electric Coop, Inc serves 56,846 homes in Virginia. At 1,108 kWh a month that is about 270 kg of CO₂, or 3,237 kg a year, at the Virginia plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Virginia generation mix.

Southside Electric Coop, Inc charts

Residential price since 2015: 15.48 ¢ in 2024

14.15 ¢ in 2015, 15.48 ¢ in 2024 (+9.4%); Virginia 11.37 to 14.41 ¢.

Southside Electric Coop, Inc residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Gap to Virginia residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	14.15	+2.78	+1.50
2016	13.52	+2.16	+0.97
2017	12.83	+1.28	-0.06
2018	12.98	+1.25	+0.11
2019	13.87	+1.80	+0.86
2020	14.52	+2.49	+1.37
2021	13.04	+1.08	-0.62
2022	14.89	+1.55	-0.15
2023	15.02	+0.76	-0.98
2024	15.48	+1.07	-1.00

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Southside Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI, 2015-2024

187 min in 2015, 309 in 2024.

Southside Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Southside Electric Coop, Inc, no major events
2015	187
2016	231
2017	153
2018	304
2019	264
2020	266
2021	288
2022	322
2023	271
2024	309

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 309.2 min

309.2 min, 3.11x the median reporter, rank 615 of 673.

min

Company, no major events309.2
Company, with major events392.1

Southside Electric Coop, Inc, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 14.15 ¢ in 2015 to 15.48 ¢ in 2024, a move of +9.4%: Southside Electric Coop, Inc lagged its state (+26.7%) by 17.3 points, and -20.9 points against the U.S. Southside Electric Coop, Inc's sharpest move came in 2022, +14.2%. The latest year is the high at 15.48 ¢; the low was 12.83 ¢ (2017). 2024: +3.0% here, +1.1% for the Virginia average. SAIDI at Southside Electric Coop, Inc (major events excluded) rose from 187 minutes in 2015 to 309 in 2024, +65%; worst year 2022 at 322. At 309 minutes in 2024, Southside Electric Coop, Inc sat +210 from the national SAIDI median, with 0 of 10 years below it. 2021: 5851 minutes with major events, 288 without, the widest gap of any year. Southside Electric Coop, Inc has 7 cheaper and 2 higher-priced Virginia peers among 10 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, City of Danville, bills 15.01 ¢ (-0.47). Next higher-priced, Central Virginia Electric Coop, bills 16.14 ¢ (+0.66).

Both measures lean against customers: 7.4% above the Virginia average on price and 3.1x the national median on outage minutes (309).

Home accounts at Southside Electric Coop, Inc went from 53,193 in 2015 to 56,846 in 2024, +6.9%. Business customers paid 0.78 times the home price in 2024 (12.08 against 15.48 ¢); the ratio was 0.84 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.70 in 2015 to 2.81 in 2024, between 1.69 and 2.81.

Outages and home price of Southside Electric Coop, Inc (EIA utility 21244), 2013 to 2024

Yearly SAIDI at Southside Electric Coop, Inc: 197 minutes in 2013, 309 in 2024, a rise of 57%. Its best year was 2017 (153 min), its worst 2022 (322 min), across 12 filed years. Against a Virginia median of 169 minutes in 2024, Southside Electric Coop, Inc was above the middle.

Corrected for inflation, a Southside Electric Coop, Inc home paid 15.88 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 17.00 ¢ in 2013, −6.6%; the bill itself went 12.30 ¢ to 15.48 ¢ (+25.8%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $2,040 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,906 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 24th cheapest of 29 in 2013, 16th of 20 in 2024 among Virginia utilities with 1,000+ homes.

Southside Electric Coop, Inc outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 309 in 2024

Southside Electric Coop, Inc at 309 min in 2024 and the Virginia median at 169.

Southside Electric Coop, Inc home price since 2013: −6.6% after inflation

Southside Electric Coop, Inc: 15.88 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 15.48 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Southside Electric Coop, Inc, EIA utility 21244, year by year among Virginia utilities

Southside Electric Coop, Inc 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Southside Electric Coop, Inc	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Southside Electric Coop, Inc	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Virginia median SAIDI
2013	12.30	17.00	24 of 29	197	2.00	6 of 9	187
2014	13.62	18.52	28 of 29	183	1.79	8 of 13	141
2015	14.15	19.22	28 of 29	187	1.70	12 of 16	160
2016	13.52	18.14	27 of 29	231	2.02	11 of 16	165
2017	12.83	16.86	24 of 29	153	1.69	9 of 15	141
2018	12.98	16.64	22 of 29	304	2.55	11 of 14	176
2019	13.87	17.46	25 of 30	264	2.30	11 of 14	197
2020	14.52	18.06	20 of 21	266	2.60	8 of 10	168
2021	13.04	15.49	18 of 21	288	2.49	12 of 13	148
2022	14.89	16.38	20 of 21	322	2.79	11 of 13	208
2023	15.02	15.87	16 of 21	271	2.44	12 of 14	145
2024	15.48	15.88	16 of 20	309	2.81	11 of 13	169

Southside Electric Coop, Inc, EIA utility 21244: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Virginia real prices.

What kind of utility is Southside Electric Coop, Inc?

Southside Electric Coop, Inc files with EIA as a cooperative utility. In Virginia, cooperatives serve 17% of residential customers at an average 13.8 cents per kWh, 5% below investor-owned utilities in Virginia. Southside Electric Coop, Inc itself averaged 15.5 cents, 1.7 cents above its type in Virginia.

Virginia utilities by type · all states

Shutoffs for nonpayment, 2024

Shutoffs: this utility reported 3,968 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 7.0 per 100 accounts (Virginia: 12.7; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.

Reliability and meters, 2024

In 2024 the average Southside Electric Coop, Inc customer was without power 309 minutes without major events and 392 with them. That is 10th fewest of 12 Virginia utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median Virginia utility reported 169 minutes. Smart (AMI) meters: 100% of its 56,846 residential meters.

EIA-861 2024, retrieved 2026-10-01. Virginia reliability, best and worst utilities, utility report card.

Facts

Customer accounts: 59,3381.4% of Virginia total
Residential accounts: 56,8461.6% of Virginia homes
Commercial accounts: 2,4734.2% of the base
Residential rate: 15.48 ¢/kWh8th place of 10, +7.4% against the state
Commercial rate: 12.08 ¢/kWh11th place of 17, +38.6% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 309.2 minbetter than 9% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 2.812.78x the median
SAIDI with major events: 392.1 min21.1% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 6.6 MW731 installations
Counties served: 18all in Virginia
Average residential use: 13,293 kWh/yr1,108 a month
Implied monthly bill: $171-$11 on the U.S. rate, 1,108 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +9.4%14.15 to 15.48 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +65%187 min in 2015, 309 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Southside Electric Coop, Inc

Southside Electric Coop, Inc sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Virginia ¢/kWh
Residential	56,846	15.48	+1.07
Commercial	2,473	12.08	+3.36

Year by year, Southside Electric Coop, Inc

Year	Home accounts, Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	53,193	14.15	11.89	0.84	187	1.70
2016	53,364	13.52	11.11	0.82	231	2.02
2017	53,757	12.83	10.49	0.82	153	1.69
2018	54,095	12.98	10.82	0.83	304	2.55
2019	54,428	13.87	11.43	0.82	264	2.30
2020	54,903	14.52	11.20	0.77	266	2.60
2021	55,498	13.04	9.93	0.76	288	2.49
2022	55,919	14.89	11.82	0.79	322	2.79
2023	56,366	15.02	12.30	0.82	271	2.44
2024	56,846	15.48	12.08	0.78	309	2.81

Peers of Southside Electric Coop, Inc in Virginia, 8th place of 10 on home price

Utility near Southside Electric Coop, Inc on price	SAIDI min, gap to Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Home ¢, gap to Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Gap % to Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Accounts, Southside Electric Coop, Inc = 1
5. Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative	-35	-0.97	-6.3%	0.54
6. Rappahannock Electric Coop	-121	-0.59	-3.8%	3.05
7. City of Danville	No data	-0.47	-3.0%	0.72
8. Southside Electric Coop, Inc (this utility)	309	15.48	-	1.00
9. Central Virginia Electric Coop	+42	+0.66	+4.3%	0.67
10. Appalachian Power Co	+33	+1.54	+9.9%	9.26

Who buys Southside Electric Coop, Inc's electricity

Class at Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Accounts	Of Southside Electric Coop, Inc accounts	Of Southside Electric Coop, Inc MWh sold	kWh a year per Southside Electric Coop, Inc account
Residential	56,846	95.8%	80.4%	13,293
Commercial	2,473	4.2%	12.2%	46,502
Industrial and other	19	0.03%	7.4%	3,644,053

Southside Electric Coop, Inc among Virginia cooperatives

Southside Electric Coop, Inc and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Home ¢, gap to Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Accounts, Southside Electric Coop, Inc = 1
1. Northern Virginia Elec Coop (VA)	-247	-3.91	3.07
2. Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop (VA)	-83	-1.67	1.70
3. Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (VA)	-35	-0.97	0.54
4. Rappahannock Electric Coop (VA)	-121	-0.59	3.05
5. Southside Electric Coop, Inc (VA, this utility)	309	15.48	1.00
6. Central Virginia Electric Coop (VA)	+42	+0.66	0.67

Southside Electric Coop, Inc: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Virginia context	Southside Electric Coop, Inc detail
Southside Electric Coop, Inc home meters on AMI	100.0%	Virginia 92.9%	56,846 of 56,846 meters
Homes with daily digital access	56,846	Virginia figure not published	100% of the 56,846 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Southside Electric Coop, Inc homes	Offered	7 of 17 Virginia utilities offer one	4 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.01% of 56,846
Net-metered installations	731	100% residential	12.9 homes per 1,000 accounts, 9.0 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Southside Electric Coop, Inc

kWh	Share of a 1,108 kWh month	Cost a month at 15.48 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	23%	$38.69	-$2.51	$464
500	45%	$77.39	-$5.01	$929
750	68%	$116.08	-$7.52	$1,393
1,000	90%	$154.78	-$10.02	$1,857
1,500	135%	$232.17	-$15.03	$2,786
2,000	181%	$309.56	-$20.04	$3,715

Outage record, Southside Electric Coop, Inc

Measure, Southside Electric Coop, Inc	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	309.2	392.1	5.15 h
SAIFI interruptions	2.812	3.119	0.36 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	110.0	125.7	1.83 h

Territory of Southside Electric Coop, Inc

18 Virginia counties, region SERC:

Virginia other states: 18 of 18 counties of Southside Electric Coop, Inc drawn

Southside Electric Coop, Inc: 18 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Amelia
Appomattox
Bedford
Brunswick
Buckingham
Campbell
Charlotte
Chesterfield
Cumberland
Dinwiddie
Lunenburg
Mecklenburg
Nottoway
Pittsylvania
Powhatan
Prince Edward
Prince George
Sussex

Questions on Southside Electric Coop, Inc

How many customers does Southside Electric Coop, Inc serve in Virginia?

59,338 accounts in 2024: residential 56,846, commercial 2,473, industrial 19.

What is the average residential rate of Southside Electric Coop, Inc?

In 2024 homes paid 15.48 cents; against the Virginia average that is +7.4%.

How reliable is Southside Electric Coop, Inc by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 309.2 min and SAIFI 2.81 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 3.11, CAIDI 110 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Southside Electric Coop, Inc grid?

731 installations with 6.6 MW, of which residential installations number 731.

What is the monthly bill at Southside Electric Coop, Inc for average use?

1,108 kWh at 15.48 cents comes to about $171, energy only.

How does Southside Electric Coop, Inc rank on price within Virginia?

Rank 8 of 10 in Virginia on price, +7.4% against the state average; 7 charge less than 15.48 ¢.

What share of Southside Electric Coop, Inc sales do homes buy?

Homes take 80.4% of 939,880 MWh, commercial accounts 12.2%, industrial and other 7.4%; the 2,473 commercial accounts use 46,502 kWh each, 3.5 times a home.

At Southside Electric Coop, Inc, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

56,846 of 56,846 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Southside Electric Coop, Inc offers a home time-of-use rate; 4 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.01% of its homes.

Has Southside Electric Coop, Inc moved up the Virginia price list since 2015?

10th cheapest of 10 in 2015, 8th of 10 in 2024; its price rose 9.4% while Virginia rose 26.7%.

Where does Southside Electric Coop, Inc stand among 5 peers?

Place 5 of 6 on home price at 15.48 ¢ (Virginia cooperatives); median 14.70 ¢, cheapest member 11.57 ¢.

Did Southside Electric Coop, Inc cut or raise its 2025 home price?

15.48 cents per kWh, -0.0% on the 15.48 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Southside Electric Coop, Inc at 15.48 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Georgia Power CoGeorgia, 15.49 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoPennsylvania, 15.45 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ below
Mountain View Elec Assn, IncColorado, 15.52 ¢/kWh, 0.04 ¢ above
Aiken Electric Coop IncSouth Carolina, 15.53 ¢/kWh, 0.05 ¢ above

Rate plans on file

3 home plan records, energy charges: 3.7 to 12.4 ¢/kWh.

Tiered: 3, e.g. RESIDENTIAL SCHEDULE A-U-RA Delivery Only

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Southside Electric Coop, Inc: rates, outages and net metering

EIA-861 annual report entry for Southside Electric Coop, Inc: rates, outages and net metering, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Southside Electric Coop, Inc: rates, outages and net metering, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Southside Electric Coop, Inc: rates, outages and net metering, the state price average