Cooperative · North Carolina · EIA 6640
Four County Elec Member Corp
Cooperative · North Carolina · 35K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 125 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Four County Elec Member Corp shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 125 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 35K customers.
- 125 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 125 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 35K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: mid-cohort SAIDI between the 96 and 258 minute tercile cuts.
What mid-pack Four County Elec Member Corp filings show
Four County Elec Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 6640. It reports service to approximately 34,790 customer accounts and generated about $0.10 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 40 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 Four County Elec Member Corp customer experienced 124.8 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or 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. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 124.8 minutes; the difference from the headline 124.8 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Four County Elec 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 344.9 to 124.8 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.
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.
125 minutes per customer per year
Annual minutes without electric service (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Four County Elec Member Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Four County Elec Member Corp SAIDI trend
Four County Elec Member Corp vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
125 Lower than most fewer outage minutes than 59% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more utilities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Four County Elec 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, Four County Elec Member Corp charges more per customer than 72% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 63% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more and is more reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,950/year · Latest SAIDI: 124.8 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 124.8 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 344.9 | 112.4 | - |
| 2021 | 61.9 | 61.9 | - |
| 2022 | 161.5 | 161.5 | - |
| 2023 | 124.8 | 124.8 | - |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Four County Elec Member Corp serves 40 ZIP codes in North Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Four County Elec Member Corp?
Four County Elec Member Corp had a SAIDI of 124.8 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Four County Elec Member Corp?
Four County Elec Member Corp is classified as a Cooperative serving North Carolina.
How many customers does Four County Elec Member Corp serve?
Four County Elec Member Corp serves approximately 34,790 customers in North Carolina.
How has Four County Elec Member Corp's reliability changed over time?
Four County Elec 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
- 34,790
- Annual Revenue
- $0.10B
- EIA ID
- 6640
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Four County Elec 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 (35K here), outside North Carolina.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (124.8 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.