City of Lansing, MI
How often City of Lansing goes out
This grid runs rougher than most of the country: City of Lansing's Michigan customers saw 1.1 interruptions and 7 hours without power in the most recent year on file. That is 37% less outage time than the Michigan state average of 11.2 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
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. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 97,051 customers here, This is not a borderline case - City of Lansing's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
How City of Lansing's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like City of Lansing files with federal regulators every year - serving 97,051 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Michigan average instead of just this one utility? Michigan's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.