Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp, NY
Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp's outage record
Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp customers in New York had 1.5 interruptions last year, 4.8 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.7×. That is 151% more outage time than the New York state average of 1.9 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp looks like
3.2 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp customers need a generator
Serving 321,233 customers here, Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
How Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp's record was measured
Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire New York territory, serving 321,233 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in New York is covered too: see New York's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.