AEP Texas Central Company, TX
Power reliability at AEP Texas Central Company
AEP Texas Central Company customers in Texas had 1.8 interruptions last year, 3.4 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.2×. That is 9% less outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at AEP Texas Central Company looks like
Outages here typically run short, about 1.9 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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 921,564 customers here, Given how often AEP Texas Central Company goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like AEP Texas Central Company files with federal regulators every year - serving 921,564 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Texas is covered too: see Texas's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.