Brownsville Public Utilities Board, TX
Power reliability at Brownsville Public Utilities Board
Power from Brownsville Public Utilities Board went out 3 times last year across its Texas territory, 2.5 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 32% less outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
How long a single Brownsville Public Utilities Board outage runs
A single outage here averages 51 minutes. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 60,417 customers here, Outages at Brownsville Public Utilities Board run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
The source behind this number
Brownsville Public Utilities Board filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Texas territory, serving 60,417 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Texas as a whole, across every utility that filed: Texas's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.