Cooperative · North Carolina · EIA 15671
Randolph 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 271 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Randolph Electric Member Corp shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 123 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (271 minutes including them) across 34K customers.
- 271 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.74
- SAIFI 2023
- 123 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: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Randolph Electric Member Corp filings show
Randolph Electric Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 15671. It reports service to approximately 33,591 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 34 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 Randolph Electric Member Corp customer experienced 271.3 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. Excluding major weather events from that total, 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 2.74 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 3 distinct interruptions that year. Strip out major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) and SAIDI falls to 123.3 minutes; the difference from the headline 271.3 shows how much of the outage total came from weather rather than everyday grid issues.
Randolph Electric Member Corp has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. Over that span, SAIDI rose from 195.3 to 271.3 minutes, possibly reflecting tougher weather years or grid upgrades that have not caught up yet.
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.
271 minutes per customer per year
Minutes without power per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Randolph Electric Member Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Randolph Electric Member Corp SAIDI trend
Randolph 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
271 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 Randolph 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, Randolph Electric Member Corp charges more per customer than 18% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 35% 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: $2,055/year · Latest SAIDI: 271.3 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 271.3 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 195.3 | 95.5 | 2.060 | 32,570 |
| 2021 | 94.0 | 83.3 | 1.494 | 32,797 |
| 2022 | 729.4 | 403.4 | 3.760 | 33,139 |
| 2023 | 271.3 | 123.3 | 2.736 | 33,485 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Randolph Electric Member Corp serves 34 ZIP codes in North Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Randolph Electric Member Corp?
Randolph Electric Member Corp had a SAIDI of 271.3 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 123.3 minutes excluding them (the industry-standard measure of routine reliability, so the gap traces back to a major storm that year, not a chronic issue). Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is Randolph Electric Member Corp?
Randolph Electric Member Corp is classified as a Cooperative serving North Carolina.
How many customers does Randolph Electric Member Corp serve?
Randolph Electric Member Corp serves approximately 33,591 customers in North Carolina.
How has Randolph Electric Member Corp's reliability changed over time?
Randolph Electric Member Corp has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- Cooperative
- State
- North Carolina
- Customers
- 33,591
- Annual Revenue
- $0.07B
- EIA ID
- 15671
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Randolph 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 (271.3 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.