Eastern Maine Electric Coop

What This Utility Data Tells You

Eastern Maine Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Maine under EIA identifier 5609. It reports service to approximately 13,081 customer accounts and generated about $0.02 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 40 ZIP codes. As a cooperative, its governance is accountable to its ratepayer-members rather than shareholders, which often shapes rate-setting and reinvestment priorities.

In 2023, the average Eastern Maine Electric Coop customer experienced 4752.3 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That is substantially above the 120–180 minute national benchmark, indicating either storm-prone geography, aging infrastructure, or extended restoration windows. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 11.37, putting the typical customer at roughly 11 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 2475.1 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 4752.3 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Eastern Maine Electric Coop's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 887.5 to 4752.3 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.