Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc, LA
Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc's outage record
This is one of the least reliable grids on file. Louisiana's Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc customers lost power 6.1 times in the most recent year, 11.9 hours in total. That is 167% more outage time than the Louisiana state average of 4.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc looks like
Outages here typically run short, about 1.9 hours before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc
Serving 45,103 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 45,103 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Louisiana is covered too: see Louisiana's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.