City of Dickson, TN
City of Dickson's outage record
This grid runs rougher than most of the country: City of Dickson's Tennessee customers saw 2.5 interruptions and 6.5 hours without power in the most recent year on file. That is 70% more outage time than the Tennessee state average of 3.8 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here average 2.6 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for City of Dickson
Serving 39,833 customers here, Outages at City of Dickson run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
Where this number comes from
City of Dickson filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Tennessee territory, serving 39,833 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Tennessee average instead of just this one utility? Tennessee's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.