Baldwin County El Member Corp

What This Utility Data Tells You

Baldwin County El Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Alabama under EIA identifier 1149. It reports service to approximately 88,359 customer accounts and generated about $0.20 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 31 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.

In 2023, the average Baldwin County El Member Corp customer experienced 109.8 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.26 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 66.6 minutes, and the spread against the headline 109.8 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

Baldwin County El Member Corp has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 7048.7 down to 109.8 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes. Note: this figure is unusually low compared to typical U.S. utility performance and may reflect an incomplete EIA filing for this year rather than a genuine reliability improvement -- treat with caution and cross-check against Baldwin County El Member Corp's other reported years.