Cooperative · North Carolina · EIA 13027
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · North Carolina · 20K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 187 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 187 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 20K customers.
- 187 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.95
- SAIFI 2023
- 187 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 20K
- 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 Mountain Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 13027. It reports service to approximately 20,002 customer accounts and generated about $0.03 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 35 ZIP codes. Cooperative ownership means the utility is run for the benefit of the ratepayer-members who elect its board, rather than for shareholder returns, which can shift how rate and investment decisions get made.
In 2023, the average Mountain Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 186.6 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.95 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 186.6 minutes; the difference from the headline 186.6 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 Mountain Electric Coop, Inc, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 198.0 down to 186.6 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.
187 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 Mountain Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
187 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 45% 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 Mountain Electric Coop, Inc sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Mountain Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 5% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 49% 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: $1,722/year · Latest SAIDI: 186.6 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 186.6 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 198.0 | 198.0 | 1.780 | - |
| 2021 | 198.5 | 198.5 | 1.790 | - |
| 2022 | 214.6 | 214.6 | 2.312 | - |
| 2023 | 186.6 | 186.6 | 1.950 | 20,002 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc serves 35 ZIP codes in North Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Mountain Electric Coop, Inc?
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 186.6 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Mountain Electric Coop, Inc?
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving North Carolina.
How many customers does Mountain Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 20,002 customers in North Carolina.
How has Mountain Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc 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
- 20,002
- Annual Revenue
- $0.03B
- EIA ID
- 13027
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Mountain Electric Coop, Inc. 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 (20K here), outside North Carolina.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (186.6 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.