City of Centralia, WA
Power reliability at City of Centralia
Power from City of Centralia went out 0.7 times last year across its Washington territory, 2.4 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 63% less outage time than the Washington state average of 6.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at City of Centralia looks like
3.5 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.
The generator question for City of Centralia
Serving 10,938 customers here, Outages at City of Centralia run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
Where this number comes from
City of Centralia filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Washington territory, serving 10,938 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Washington is covered too: see Washington's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.