Alger-Delta Coop Electric Assn, MI
Power reliability at Alger-Delta Coop Electric Assn
19.2 hours without electricity across 3.1 separate outages - Alger-Delta Coop Electric Assn's record for Michigan puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 72% more outage time than the Michigan state average of 11.2 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here average 6.3 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Alger-Delta Coop Electric Assn customers need a generator
Serving 10,361 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Alger-Delta Coop Electric Assn is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
How Alger-Delta Coop Electric Assn's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Alger-Delta Coop Electric Assn files with federal regulators every year - serving 10,361 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Michigan is covered too: see Michigan's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.