Bowie-Cass Electric Coop, Inc, TX
How often Bowie-Cass Electric Coop, Inc goes out
Bowie-Cass Electric Coop, Inc customers in Texas are among the worst-served in the country: 5.4 outages last year, 43.6 hours without power in total. That is 1064% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here average 8.1 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for Bowie-Cass Electric Coop, Inc
Serving 39,564 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Bowie-Cass 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 Bowie-Cass Electric Coop, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 39,564 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Texas average instead of just this one utility? Texas's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.