Alpena Power Co, MI
Alpena Power Co's outage record
49.9 hours without electricity across 2.5 separate outages - Alpena Power Co's record for Michigan puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 346% more outage time than the Michigan state average of 11.2 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here runs long, about 20 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Alpena Power Co
Serving 16,760 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Alpena Power Co is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
How Alpena Power Co's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Alpena Power Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 16,760 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Michigan average instead of just this one utility? Michigan's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.