City of Colorado Springs, CO
City of Colorado Springs's outage record
Outages at City of Colorado Springs are uncommon. Colorado customers on this grid saw 0.7 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 41 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 85% less outage time than the Colorado state average of 4.6 hours a year.
How long a single City of Colorado Springs outage runs
At an average of 60 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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 261,349 customers here, With a record this steady, City of Colorado Springs customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like City of Colorado Springs files with federal regulators every year - serving 261,349 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Colorado is covered too: see Colorado's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.