Cooperative · North Carolina · EIA 11291
Lumbee River Elec Member Corp
Cooperative · North Carolina · 66K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 174 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Lumbee River Elec Member Corp shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 124 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 66K customers.
- 174 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.61
- SAIFI 2023
- 124 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 66K
- 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 Lumbee River Elec Member Corp filings show
Lumbee River Elec Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 11291. It reports service to approximately 65,846 customer accounts and generated about $0.15 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 31 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 Lumbee River Elec Member Corp customer experienced 173.7 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. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 1.61 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 2 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 123.7 minutes; the difference from the headline 173.7 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Lumbee River 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. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 158.2 to 173.7 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
174 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 Lumbee River Elec Member Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Lumbee River Elec Member Corp SAIDI trend
Lumbee River 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
174 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 48% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Lumbee River 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, Lumbee River Elec Member Corp charges more per customer than 30% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 51% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less while still being more reliable, the best-value quadrant. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,230/year · Latest SAIDI: 173.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 173.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 158.2 | 102.0 | 1.639 | 62,467 |
| 2021 | 141.3 | 80.7 | 1.407 | 63,543 |
| 2022 | 417.9 | 102.3 | 2.566 | 64,176 |
| 2023 | 173.7 | 123.7 | 1.607 | 65,354 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Lumbee River Elec Member Corp serves 31 ZIP codes in North Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Lumbee River Elec Member Corp?
Lumbee River Elec Member Corp had a SAIDI of 173.7 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Lumbee River Elec Member Corp?
Lumbee River Elec Member Corp is classified as a Cooperative serving North Carolina.
How many customers does Lumbee River Elec Member Corp serve?
Lumbee River Elec Member Corp serves approximately 65,846 customers in North Carolina.
How has Lumbee River Elec Member Corp's reliability changed over time?
Lumbee River 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
- 65,846
- Annual Revenue
- $0.15B
- EIA ID
- 11291
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Lumbee River 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 (66K here), outside North Carolina.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (173.7 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.