City of Carthage, MO
City of Carthage's outage record
3.9 separate outages last year, 5.4 hours without power in total - that is City of Carthage's record for Missouri, running ahead of the national median. That is 13% less outage time than the Missouri state average of 6.2 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 83 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for City of Carthage
Serving 8,793 customers here, City of Carthage customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
How City of Carthage's record was measured
City of Carthage filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Missouri territory, serving 8,793 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Missouri average instead of just this one utility? Missouri's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.