ALLETE, Inc., MN
Power reliability at ALLETE, Inc.
Power from ALLETE, Inc. went out 1.2 times last year across its Minnesota territory, 2.4 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 21% less outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
How long a single ALLETE, Inc. outage runs
A single outage here averages 1.9 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 139,872 customers here, Outages at ALLETE, Inc. 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.
The source behind this number
ALLETE, Inc. filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Minnesota territory, serving 139,872 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Minnesota as a whole, across every utility that filed: Minnesota's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.