Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 1889. It reports service to approximately 79,982 customer accounts and generated about $0.14 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 49 ZIP codes. Being member-owned, this cooperative answers to its ratepayers rather than outside shareholders, a structure that tends to influence how rate cases and capital spending get decided.

In 2023, the average Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC) customer experienced 80.9 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (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 1.08 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 69.5 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 80.9 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC)'s reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 75.4 to 80.9 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.