City of LaFollette, TN
City of LaFollette's outage record
City of LaFollette customers in Tennessee are among the worst-served in the country: 5.1 outages last year, 13.2 hours without power in total. That is 244% more outage time than the Tennessee state average of 3.8 hours a year.
What a typical outage at City of LaFollette looks like
A typical outage here runs about 2.6 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for City of LaFollette
Serving 23,287 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at City of LaFollette is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like City of LaFollette files with federal regulators every year - serving 23,287 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Tennessee is covered too: see Tennessee's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.