Decatur County Rural E M C

What This Utility Data Tells You

Decatur County Rural E M C is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Indiana under EIA identifier 4960. It reports service to approximately 8,223 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 22 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 Decatur County Rural E M C customer experienced 104.0 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). 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 0.87, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 104.0 minutes; the difference from the headline 104.0 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Decatur County Rural E M C's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 294.0 to 104.0 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.