City of Dover, OH
How often City of Dover goes out
City of Dover customers in Ohio had 0.9 interruptions last year, 1.9 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 45% less outage time than the Ohio state average of 3.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at City of Dover looks like
Outages here average 2.1 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.
Do City of Dover customers need a generator
Serving 6,896 customers here, Outages at City of Dover 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 Dover filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Ohio territory, serving 6,896 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Ohio is covered too: see Ohio's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.