Cooperative · South Carolina · EIA 13524
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc
Cooperative · South Carolina · 14K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 272 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 272 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 14K customers.
- 272 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 272 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 14K
- 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 Newberry Electric Coop, Inc filings show
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in South Carolina under EIA identifier 13524. It reports service to approximately 13,657 customer accounts and generated about $0.04 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 17 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 Newberry Electric Coop, Inc customer experienced 271.9 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (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. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 271.9 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 271.9 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 283.5 to 271.9 minutes across that span, a direction regulators and prospective customers tend to watch closely.
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.
272 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 Newberry Electric Coop, Inc from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc SAIDI trend
Newberry 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
272 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 32% 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 Newberry 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, Newberry Electric Coop, Inc charges more per customer than 83% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 35% 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: $3,288/year · Latest SAIDI: 271.9 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 271.9 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 283.5 | 206.5 | - | 12,918 |
| 2021 | 157.0 | 157.0 | - | 13,191 |
| 2022 | 826.7 | 152.7 | - | - |
| 2023 | 271.9 | 271.9 | - | - |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc serves 17 ZIP codes in South Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Newberry Electric Coop, Inc?
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc had a SAIDI of 271.9 minutes in 2023. Excluding major weather events, this is near the national average.
What type of utility is Newberry Electric Coop, Inc?
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc is classified as a Cooperative serving South Carolina.
How many customers does Newberry Electric Coop, Inc serve?
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc serves approximately 13,657 customers in South Carolina.
How has Newberry Electric Coop, Inc's reliability changed over time?
Newberry 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
- South Carolina
- Customers
- 13,657
- Annual Revenue
- $0.04B
- EIA ID
- 13524
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Newberry 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 (14K here), outside South Carolina.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (271.9 here), outside South 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.