City of Fayetteville, TN
City of Fayetteville's outage record
3 separate outages last year, 3.8 hours without power in total - that is City of Fayetteville's record for Tennessee, running ahead of the national median. That is close to 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 75 minutes before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 19,745 customers here, Given how often City of Fayetteville goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like City of Fayetteville files with federal regulators every year - serving 19,745 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Tennessee as a whole, across every utility that filed: Tennessee's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.