Cooperative · North Carolina · EIA 19108
Tideland Electric Member Corp
Cooperative · North Carolina · 24K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 460 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Tideland Electric Member Corp shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 293 minutes SAIDI excluding major events across 24K customers.
- 460 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 3.49
- SAIFI 2023
- 293 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 24K
- 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 Tideland Electric Member Corp filings show
Tideland Electric Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in North Carolina under EIA identifier 19108. It reports service to approximately 24,003 customer accounts and generated about $0.05 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 32 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 Tideland Electric Member Corp customer experienced 459.5 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 3.49 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 3 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 293.4 minutes, and the spread against the headline 459.5 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
The EIA dataset includes 4 years of continuous reporting (2020–2023) for Tideland Electric Member Corp, which lets you see whether reliability is trending up or down rather than judging from a single snapshot. SAIDI has improved from 843.2 to 459.5 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching 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.
460 minutes per customer per year
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Tideland Electric Member Corp from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Tideland Electric Member Corp SAIDI trend
Tideland 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
460 Higher than most fewer outage minutes than 19% 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 Tideland 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, Tideland Electric Member Corp charges more per customer than 20% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 21% 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: $2,076/year · Latest SAIDI: 459.5 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 459.5 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 843.2 | 255.5 | 4.283 | 22,677 |
| 2021 | 185.8 | 136.0 | 1.701 | 22,930 |
| 2022 | 778.7 | 232.5 | 2.981 | 23,319 |
| 2023 | 459.5 | 293.4 | 3.491 | 23,679 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Tideland Electric Member Corp serves 32 ZIP codes in North Carolina.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Tideland Electric Member Corp?
Tideland Electric Member Corp had a SAIDI of 459.5 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Tideland Electric Member Corp?
Tideland Electric Member Corp is classified as a Cooperative serving North Carolina.
How many customers does Tideland Electric Member Corp serve?
Tideland Electric Member Corp serves approximately 24,003 customers in North Carolina.
How has Tideland Electric Member Corp's reliability changed over time?
Tideland 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
- 24,003
- Annual Revenue
- $0.05B
- EIA ID
- 19108
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Tideland 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 (24K here), outside North Carolina.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (459.5 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.