Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc, OK
Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc's outage record
1.6 separate outages last year, 4.6 hours without power in total - that is Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc's record for Oklahoma, running ahead of the national median. That is close to the Oklahoma state average of 4.8 hours a year.
How long a single Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc outage runs
Outages here average 2.9 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 24,833 customers here, Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
Where this number comes from
Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Oklahoma territory, serving 24,833 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Oklahoma is covered too: see Oklahoma's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.