Boone Electric Coop, MO
Power reliability at Boone Electric Coop
Outages at Boone Electric Coop are uncommon. Missouri customers on this grid saw 0.7 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 67 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 82% less outage time than the Missouri state average of 6.2 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Boone Electric Coop looks like
Outages here typically run short, about 1.7 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.
Do Boone Electric Coop customers need a generator
Most Boone Electric Coop customers keep power almost all year. Serving 35,882 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
Where this number comes from
Boone Electric Coop filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Missouri territory, serving 35,882 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Missouri is covered too: see Missouri's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.