Carroll Electric Member Corp, GA
Carroll Electric Member Corp's outage record
Carroll Electric Member Corp customers in Georgia lost power 2.3 times last year, 6 hours total - well above the national norm for outage time. That is 33% more outage time than the Georgia state average of 4.5 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Carroll Electric Member Corp looks like
2.6 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 56,946 customers here, Outages at Carroll Electric Member Corp run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
The source behind this number
Carroll Electric Member Corp filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Georgia territory, serving 56,946 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Georgia average instead of just this one utility? Georgia's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.