Central Georgia El Member Corp, GA
Central Georgia El Member Corp's outage record
Power from Central Georgia El Member Corp went out 1.8 times last year across its Georgia territory, 2.8 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 38% less outage time than the Georgia state average of 4.5 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Central Georgia El Member Corp looks like
A single outage here averages 1.5 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Central Georgia El Member Corp
Serving 67,204 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Central Georgia El Member Corp's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Central Georgia El Member Corp files with federal regulators every year - serving 67,204 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Georgia average instead of just this one utility? Georgia's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.