Cooperative · North Carolina · EIA 8333
Haywood Electric Member Corp
Cooperative · North Carolina · 29K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 635 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Haywood Electric Member Corp shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 486 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 29K customers.
- 635 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.75
- SAIFI 2023
- 486 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 29K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Haywood Electric Member Corp filings show
Haywood Electric Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 8333. It reports service to approximately 28,813 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 44 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 Haywood Electric Member Corp customer experienced 635.4 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That exceeds the 120–180 minute national benchmark by a wide margin, a pattern often tied to severe weather exposure, older infrastructure, or longer repair windows. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 3.75, putting the typical customer at roughly 4 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 485.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 635.4 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Haywood Electric Member Corp, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 1163.7 down to 635.4 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.
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.
635 min/year per customer
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Haywood Electric Member Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Haywood Electric Member Corp SAIDI trend
Haywood Electric Member Corp vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
635 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 13% 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 Haywood Electric 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, Haywood Electric Member Corp charges more per customer than 5% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 15% 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: $1,738/year · Latest SAIDI: 635.4 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 635.4 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1163.7 | 446.2 | 5.156 | 27,672 |
| 2021 | 585.6 | 460.1 | 3.628 | 27,924 |
| 2022 | 798.2 | 474.1 | 3.964 | 28,278 |
| 2023 | 635.4 | 485.7 | 3.747 | 28,691 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Haywood Electric Member Corp serves 44 ZIP codes in North Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Haywood Electric Member Corp?
Haywood Electric Member Corp had a SAIDI of 635.4 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure runs above the national average, pointing to below-average reliability.
What type of utility is Haywood Electric Member Corp?
Haywood Electric Member Corp is classified as a Cooperative serving North Carolina.
How many customers does Haywood Electric Member Corp serve?
Haywood Electric Member Corp serves approximately 28,813 customers in North Carolina.
How has Haywood Electric Member Corp's reliability changed over time?
Haywood Electric Member Corp has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- North Carolina
- Customers
- 28,813
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 8333
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Haywood Electric 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 (29K here), outside North Carolina.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (635.4 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.