City of Gastonia, NC
Power reliability at City of Gastonia
City of Gastonia customers in North Carolina lost power 1 times last year, 6 hours total - well above the national norm for outage time. That is 85% more outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at City of Gastonia looks like
6.2 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do City of Gastonia customers need a generator
Serving 31,892 customers here, Outages at City of Gastonia 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 Gastonia filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Carolina territory, serving 31,892 customers here, not a single street or outage. See North Carolina as a whole, across every utility that filed: North Carolina's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.