Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp, OK
How often Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp goes out
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp customers in Oklahoma had 2.5 interruptions last year, 3.3 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.2×. That is 31% less outage time than the Oklahoma state average of 4.8 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here typically run short, about 81 minutes 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.
The generator question for Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp
Serving 4,705 customers here, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
Where this number comes from
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Oklahoma territory, serving 4,705 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Oklahoma is covered too: see Oklahoma's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.