Cooperative · Indiana · EIA 20603
Northeastern Rural E M C
Cooperative · Indiana · 32K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 45 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Northeastern Rural E M C shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 45 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 32K customers.
- 45 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.86
- SAIFI 2023
- 45 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: short interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (≤96 min tercile cut).
What short-outage Northeastern Rural E M C filings show
Northeastern Rural E M C is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Indiana under EIA identifier 20603. It reports service to approximately 31,942 customer accounts and generated about $0.12 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 Northeastern Rural E M C customer experienced 45.1 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 0.86 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 45.1 minutes, and the spread against the headline 45.1 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Northeastern Rural E M C, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI dropped from 121.3 to 45.1 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.
45 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 Northeastern Rural E M C from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Northeastern Rural E M C SAIDI trend
Northeastern Rural E M C vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
45 Among the lowest fewer outage minutes than 85% 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 Northeastern Rural E M C sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Northeastern Rural E M C charges more per customer than 92% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 87% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more and is more reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $3,789/year · Latest SAIDI: 45.1 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 45.1 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 121.3 | 109.4 | 0.950 | 29,762 |
| 2021 | 66.7 | 53.4 | 0.880 | 30,452 |
| 2022 | 861.5 | 42.1 | 1.810 | 31,126 |
| 2023 | 45.1 | 45.1 | 0.857 | 31,745 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Northeastern Rural E M C serves 17 ZIP codes in Indiana.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Northeastern Rural E M C?
Northeastern Rural E M C had a SAIDI of 45.1 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Northeastern Rural E M C?
Northeastern Rural E M C is classified as a Cooperative serving Indiana.
How many customers does Northeastern Rural E M C serve?
Northeastern Rural E M C serves approximately 31,942 customers in Indiana.
How has Northeastern Rural E M C's reliability changed over time?
Northeastern Rural E M C has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has remained relatively stable over this period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- Indiana
- Customers
- 31,942
- Annual Revenue
- $0.12B
- EIA ID
- 20603
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Northeastern Rural E M C. 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 Indiana.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (45.1 here), outside Indiana, 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.