Cooperative · Georgia · EIA 16865
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation
Cooperative · Georgia · 198K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 182 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation shows above-average chronic reliability in 2023: 25 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (182 minutes including them) across 198K customers.
- 182 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 0.97
- SAIFI 2023
- 25 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 198K
- 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 Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation filings show
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Georgia under EIA identifier 16865. It reports service to approximately 197,515 customer accounts and generated about $0.43 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 27 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 Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation customer experienced 182.3 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that is comfortably under the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, a sign of solid grid resilience and quick outage response. Over the same period, SAIFI (outage events per customer) was 0.97, putting the typical customer at roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 24.9 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 182.3 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. Over that window, SAIDI moved from 256.8 down to 182.3 minutes, a trend worth noting for anyone weighing capital investment outcomes.
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.
182 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 Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation SAIDI trend
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
182 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 46% 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 Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation charges more per customer than 25% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 49% 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: $2,168/year · Latest SAIDI: 182.3 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 182.3 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 256.8 | 32.9 | 1.370 | 186,804 |
| 2021 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 0.790 | 190,737 |
| 2022 | 44.1 | 27.4 | 0.930 | 194,225 |
| 2023 | 182.3 | 24.9 | 0.970 | 197,503 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation serves 27 ZIP codes in Georgia.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation?
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation had a SAIDI of 182.3 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 24.9 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard day-to-day reliability measure, the difference points to a major storm that year rather than an ongoing problem). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
What type of utility is Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation?
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation is classified as a Cooperative serving Georgia.
How many customers does Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation serve?
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation serves approximately 197,515 customers in Georgia.
How has Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation's reliability changed over time?
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation 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
- Georgia
- Customers
- 197,515
- Annual Revenue
- $0.43B
- EIA ID
- 16865
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation. 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 (198K here), outside Georgia.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (182.3 here), outside Georgia, 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.