Central Alabama Electric Coop, AL
Central Alabama Electric Coop's outage record
7.8 hours without power across 0 outages last year - Central Alabama Electric Coop's Alabama customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 26% more outage time than the Alabama state average of 6.2 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Central Alabama Electric Coop looks like
This utility did not file enough detail to say how long a typical outage runs here, so there is no basis yet for which kind of backup fits best. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Central Alabama Electric Coop customers need a generator
Serving 47,827 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Central Alabama Electric Coop's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
How Central Alabama Electric Coop's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Central Alabama Electric Coop files with federal regulators every year - serving 47,827 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Alabama is covered too: see Alabama's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.