Cooperative · North Carolina · EIA 15023
Piedmont Electric Member Corp
Cooperative · North Carolina · 34K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 212 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Piedmont Electric Member Corp shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 168 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 34K customers.
- 212 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.86
- SAIFI 2023
- 168 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 34K
- 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 Piedmont Electric Member Corp filings show
Piedmont Electric Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 15023. It reports service to approximately 34,076 customer accounts and generated about $0.08 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 34 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 Piedmont Electric Member Corp customer experienced 212.1 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. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.86 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 167.8 minutes; the difference from the headline 212.1 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 Piedmont Electric Member Corp, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 206.8 to 212.1 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to 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.
212 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 Piedmont Electric Member Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Piedmont Electric Member Corp SAIDI trend
Piedmont 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
212 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 40% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Piedmont 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, Piedmont Electric Member Corp charges more per customer than 29% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 43% 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: $2,213/year · Latest SAIDI: 212.1 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 212.1 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 206.8 | 119.1 | 1.367 | 32,939 |
| 2021 | 628.6 | 121.2 | 1.660 | 33,289 |
| 2022 | 659.1 | 143.9 | 2.151 | 33,653 |
| 2023 | 212.1 | 167.8 | 1.864 | 34,105 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Piedmont Electric Member Corp serves 34 ZIP codes in North Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Piedmont Electric Member Corp?
Piedmont Electric Member Corp had a SAIDI of 212.1 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Piedmont Electric Member Corp?
Piedmont Electric Member Corp is classified as a Cooperative serving North Carolina.
How many customers does Piedmont Electric Member Corp serve?
Piedmont Electric Member Corp serves approximately 34,076 customers in North Carolina.
How has Piedmont Electric Member Corp's reliability changed over time?
Piedmont Electric Member Corp 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
- North Carolina
- Customers
- 34,076
- Annual Revenue
- $0.08B
- EIA ID
- 15023
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Piedmont 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 (34K here), outside North Carolina.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (212.1 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.