Alaska Electric Light & Power Co., AK
Power reliability at Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. customers in Alaska lost power 7.7 times last year, 7.3 hours total - well above the national norm for outage time. That is 19% less outage time than the Alaska state average of 9 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here averages 56 minutes. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 17,935 customers here, Outages at Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
How Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.'s record was measured
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Alaska territory, serving 17,935 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Alaska as a whole, across every utility that filed: Alaska's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.