Cooperative · Georgia · EIA 12706
Mitchell Electric Member Corp
Cooperative · Georgia · 26K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 756 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Mitchell Electric Member Corp shows below-average chronic reliability in 2023: 514 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 26K customers.
- 756 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 4.30
- SAIFI 2023
- 514 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 26K
- 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 Mitchell Electric Member Corp filings show
Mitchell Electric Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Georgia under EIA identifier 12706. It reports service to approximately 25,601 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 32 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 Mitchell Electric Member Corp customer experienced 755.7 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or 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 4.30, putting the typical customer at roughly 4 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 514.1 minutes; the difference from the headline 755.7 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 Mitchell Electric Member Corp, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 557.8 to 755.7 minutes, which may reflect either 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.
756 minutes per customer per year
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Mitchell Electric Member Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Mitchell Electric Member Corp SAIDI trend
Mitchell 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
756 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 10% 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 Mitchell 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, Mitchell Electric Member Corp charges more per customer than 52% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 11% 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: $2,557/year · Latest SAIDI: 755.7 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 755.7 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 557.8 | 557.8 | 3.352 |
| 2021 | 453.9 | 453.9 | 2.700 |
| 2022 | 9054.7 | 376.6 | 3.000 |
| 2023 | 755.7 | 514.1 | 4.300 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Mitchell Electric Member Corp serves 32 ZIP codes in Georgia.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Mitchell Electric Member Corp?
Mitchell Electric Member Corp had a SAIDI of 755.7 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 Mitchell Electric Member Corp?
Mitchell Electric Member Corp is classified as a Cooperative serving Georgia.
How many customers does Mitchell Electric Member Corp serve?
Mitchell Electric Member Corp serves approximately 25,601 customers in Georgia.
How has Mitchell Electric Member Corp's reliability changed over time?
Mitchell Electric 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
- Georgia
- Customers
- 25,601
- Annual Revenue
- $0.07B
- EIA ID
- 12706
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Mitchell 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 (26K here), outside Georgia.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (755.7 here), outside Georgia, 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.