Berkeley Electric Coop Inc, SC
How often Berkeley Electric Coop Inc goes out
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc customers in South Carolina had 1.4 interruptions last year, 1.9 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 25% less outage time than the South Carolina state average of 2.5 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here typically run short, about 82 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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 135,213 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Berkeley Electric Coop Inc's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
How Berkeley Electric Coop Inc's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Berkeley Electric Coop Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 135,213 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the South Carolina average instead of just this one utility? South Carolina's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.