Bartholomew County Rural E M C

What This Utility Data Tells You

Bartholomew County Rural E M C is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Indiana under EIA identifier 1283. It reports service to approximately 12,072 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 14 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 Bartholomew County Rural E M C customer experienced 558.3 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that keeps this utility below the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, consistent with a well-hardened distribution system and fast restoration crews. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.72 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 3 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 71.1 minutes; the difference from the headline 558.3 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

Bartholomew County Rural E M C 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 span, SAIDI rose from 167.1 to 558.3 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.