Cooperative · North Carolina · EIA 24889
Brunswick Electric Member Corp
Cooperative · North Carolina · 109K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 57 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Brunswick Electric Member Corp shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 26 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (57 minutes including them) across 109K customers.
- 57 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.89
- SAIFI 2023
- 26 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 109K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage Brunswick Electric Member Corp filings show
Brunswick Electric Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 24889. It reports service to approximately 108,663 customer accounts and generated about $0.20 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 35 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 Brunswick Electric Member Corp customer experienced 56.6 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, 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 0.89 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 25.5 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 56.6 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
Brunswick Electric 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. SAIDI dropped from 641.1 to 56.6 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely. 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 Brunswick Electric Member Corp's other reported years.
Based on this utility's own EIA Form 861 reliability record -- baseline (major-event- excluded) outage duration, total outage duration, and outage frequency -- each benchmarked against every reporting utility nationwide. Not a measure of electricity rates or customer service, which this portal does not track.
57 minutes per customer per year
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Brunswick Electric Member Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Brunswick Electric Member Corp SAIDI trend
Brunswick Electric Member Corp vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
57 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 80% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Brunswick Electric Member Corp sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Brunswick Electric Member Corp charges more per customer than 9% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 83% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,853/year · Latest SAIDI: 56.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 56.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 641.1 | 40.1 | 1.607 | 96,553 |
| 2021 | 163.3 | 31.5 | 1.381 | 99,853 |
| 2022 | 119.3 | 35.2 | 1.271 | 103,346 |
| 2023 | 56.6 | 25.5 | 0.892 | 107,415 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Brunswick Electric Member Corp serves 35 ZIP codes in North Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Brunswick Electric Member Corp?
Brunswick Electric Member Corp had a SAIDI of 56.6 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 25.5 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Excluding major weather events, this is below the national average, indicating above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Brunswick Electric Member Corp?
Brunswick Electric Member Corp is classified as a Cooperative serving North Carolina.
How many customers does Brunswick Electric Member Corp serve?
Brunswick Electric Member Corp serves approximately 108,663 customers in North Carolina.
How has Brunswick Electric Member Corp's reliability changed over time?
Brunswick Electric Member Corp has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- North Carolina
- Customers
- 108,663
- Annual Revenue
- $0.20B
- EIA ID
- 24889
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Brunswick Electric Member Corp. Same-state SAIDI neighbors stay in Read-with below; these neighborhoods are nearest other-state utilities with at least 10,000 reported customers.
Similar customer count
Nearest utilities by Form 861 customers (109K here), outside North Carolina.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (56.6 here), outside North Carolina, excluding the customer-peer set.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Form 861 annual electric power industry survey · ZIP service territory: OpenEI. Disclaimer: informational only, not professional advice. See full disclaimer · methodology.