Western Indiana Energy REMC

What This Utility Data Tells You

Western Indiana Energy REMC is a member-owned electric cooperative operating in Indiana under EIA identifier 25295. It reports service to approximately 17,362 customer accounts and generated about $0.07 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 45 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 Western Indiana Energy REMC customer experienced 1920.7 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, 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 3.41 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 230.4 minutes, and the spread against the headline 1920.7 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.

With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Western Indiana Energy REMC's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI climbed from 352.3 to 1920.7 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.