Central Electric Membership Corp., NC
Central Electric Membership Corp.'s outage record
0 separate outages last year, 4.5 hours without power in total - that is Central Electric Membership Corp.'s record for North Carolina, running ahead of the national median. That is 37% more outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Central Electric Membership Corp. 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. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Central Electric Membership Corp. customers need a generator
Serving 23,325 customers here, Given how often Central Electric Membership Corp. goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Central Electric Membership Corp. files with federal regulators every year - serving 23,325 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in North Carolina is covered too: see North Carolina's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.