Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc, NM
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc's outage record
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc customers in New Mexico had 2.2 interruptions last year, 5.4 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.9×. That is 90% more outage time than the New Mexico state average of 2.9 hours a year.
How long a single Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.5 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 18,328 customers here, Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
The source behind this number
Central Valley Elec Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire New Mexico territory, serving 18,328 customers here, not a single street or outage. See New Mexico as a whole, across every utility that filed: New Mexico's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.