City of Fountain, CO
City of Fountain's outage record
Outages at City of Fountain are uncommon. Colorado customers on this grid saw 0.6 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 42 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 85% less outage time than the Colorado state average of 4.6 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here averages 75 minutes. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for City of Fountain
Serving 17,628 customers here, With a record this steady, City of Fountain customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like City of Fountain files with federal regulators every year - serving 17,628 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.