City of Clinton, TN
How often City of Clinton goes out
Tennessee's record with City of Clinton: 2 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.6 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 31% less outage time than the Tennessee state average of 3.8 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here typically run short, about 81 minutes before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for City of Clinton
Serving 31,429 customers here, Outages at City of Clinton 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.
The source behind this number
City of Clinton filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Tennessee territory, serving 31,429 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Tennessee as a whole, across every utility that filed: Tennessee's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.