Capital Electric Coop, Inc, ND
Power reliability at Capital Electric Coop, Inc
Capital Electric Coop, Inc customers in North Dakota rarely lose power at all: 0.4 interruptions last year, adding up to just 56 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 73% less outage time than the North Dakota state average of 3.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Capital Electric Coop, Inc looks like
Outages here average 2.3 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Most Capital Electric Coop, Inc customers keep power almost all year. Serving 22,737 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
How Capital Electric Coop, Inc's record was measured
Capital Electric Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Dakota territory, serving 22,737 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the North Dakota average instead of just this one utility? North Dakota's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.