Walton Electric Member Corp

What This Utility Data Tells You

Walton Electric Member Corp is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Georgia under EIA identifier 20065. It reports service to approximately 139,661 customer accounts and generated about $0.37 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 36 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 Walton Electric Member Corp customer experienced 233.6 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. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.17 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 2 distinct interruptions that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 126.8 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 233.6 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Walton Electric Member Corp's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 266.0 to 233.6 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.