Pee Dee Electric Member Corp

What This Utility Data Tells You

Pee Dee Electric Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 14717. It reports service to approximately 22,010 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 28 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 Pee Dee Electric Member Corp customer experienced 212.5 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. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 2.26 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 2 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 128.6 minutes, and the spread against the headline 212.5 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Pee Dee Electric Member Corp's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 681.8 to 212.5 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.