Access Energy Coop, IA
Access Energy Coop's outage record
Iowa's record with Access Energy Coop: 0.8 outages in the most recent filing year, 83 minutes without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 45% less outage time than the Iowa state average of 2.5 hours a year.
How long a single Access Energy Coop outage runs
Outages here typically run short, about 1.8 hours before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for Access Energy Coop
Serving 9,392 customers here, Outages at Access Energy Coop run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
Where this number comes from
Access Energy Coop filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Iowa territory, serving 9,392 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Iowa is covered too: see Iowa's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.