City of Hamilton, OH
City of Hamilton's outage record
City of Hamilton customers in Ohio had 1.3 interruptions last year, 2 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 41% less outage time than the Ohio state average of 3.4 hours a year.
How long a single City of Hamilton outage runs
At an average of 1.5 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 30,162 customers here, Outages at City of Hamilton 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.
How City of Hamilton's record was measured
City of Hamilton filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Ohio territory, serving 30,162 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Ohio average instead of just this one utility? Ohio's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.