Cooperative · Virginia · EIA 12260
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative
Cooperative · Virginia · 32K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 244 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 244 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 32K customers.
- 244 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.06
- SAIFI 2023
- 244 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 32K
- 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 Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative filings show
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Virginia under EIA identifier 12260. It reports service to approximately 31,865 customer accounts and generated about $0.10 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 76 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 Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative customer experienced 244.4 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.06 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 244.4 minutes, and the spread against the headline 244.4 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 228.0 to 244.4 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.
244 outage minutes per customer annually
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative SAIDI trend
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
244 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 36% 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 Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative charges more per customer than 82% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 39% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $3,242/year · Latest SAIDI: 244.4 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 244.4 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 228.0 | 228.0 | 2.100 | 31,285 |
| 2021 | 2019.8 | 148.3 | 2.870 | 30,986 |
| 2022 | 355.0 | 189.5 | 2.384 | 30,545 |
| 2023 | 244.4 | 244.4 | 2.057 | 31,935 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative serves 76 ZIP codes in Virginia.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative?
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative had a SAIDI of 244.4 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative?
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative is classified as a Cooperative serving Virginia.
How many customers does Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative serve?
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative serves approximately 31,865 customers in Virginia.
How has Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative's reliability changed over time?
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative 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
- Virginia
- Customers
- 31,865
- Annual Revenue
- $0.10B
- EIA ID
- 12260
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative. 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 (32K here), outside Virginia.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (244.4 here), outside Virginia, 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.