Coastal Electric Member Corp - (GA)

What This Utility Data Tells You

Coastal Electric Member Corp - (GA) is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Georgia under EIA identifier 3843. It reports service to approximately 22,899 customer accounts and generated about $0.06 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 11 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 Coastal Electric Member Corp - (GA) customer experienced 495.1 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, that lands within the usual 120–180 minute national benchmark band, roughly on par with typical U.S. distribution-utility performance. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 4.07, putting the typical customer at roughly 4 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 205.2 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 495.1 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Coastal Electric Member Corp - (GA)'s reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI climbed from 296.6 to 495.1 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.