Cooperative · North Carolina · EIA 6784
French Broad Elec Member Corp
Cooperative · North Carolina · 40K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 207 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
French Broad Elec Member Corp shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 207 minutes SAIDI across 40K customers.
- 207 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.74
- SAIFI 2023
- 40K
- 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 French Broad Elec Member Corp filings show
French Broad Elec Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 6784. It reports service to approximately 39,570 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 30 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 French Broad Elec Member Corp customer experienced 206.6 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (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 1.74, putting the typical customer at roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year.
French Broad 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 climbed from 101.4 to 206.6 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
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.
207 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 French Broad Elec Member Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
French Broad Elec Member Corp SAIDI trend
French Broad 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
207 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 41% 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 French Broad 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, French Broad Elec Member Corp charges more per customer than 5% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 44% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less and is less reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $1,725/year · Latest SAIDI: 206.6 minutes/year.
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 101.4 | 0.800 |
| 2021 | 143.5 | 1.020 |
| 2022 | 156.4 | 1.370 |
| 2023 | 206.6 | 1.740 |
Service Area
French Broad Elec Member Corp serves 30 ZIP codes in North Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is French Broad Elec Member Corp?
French Broad Elec Member Corp had a SAIDI of 206.6 minutes in 2023. Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is French Broad Elec Member Corp?
French Broad Elec Member Corp is classified as a Cooperative serving North Carolina.
How many customers does French Broad Elec Member Corp serve?
French Broad Elec Member Corp serves approximately 39,570 customers in North Carolina.
How has French Broad Elec Member Corp's reliability changed over time?
French Broad Elec Member Corp has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- North Carolina
- Customers
- 39,570
- Annual Revenue
- $0.07B
- EIA ID
- 6784
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for French Broad 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 (40K here), outside North Carolina.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (206.6 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.