Butler County Rural Elec Coop, IA
Power reliability at Butler County Rural Elec Coop
Power from Butler County Rural Elec Coop went out 1.5 times last year across its Iowa territory, 1.6 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 36% less outage time than the Iowa state average of 2.5 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Butler County Rural Elec Coop looks like
A single outage here averages 67 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.
The generator question for Butler County Rural Elec Coop
Serving 5,110 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Butler County Rural Elec Coop'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 Butler County Rural Elec Coop's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Butler County Rural Elec Coop files with federal regulators every year - serving 5,110 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Iowa average instead of just this one utility? Iowa's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.