City of Lodi, CA
How often City of Lodi goes out
California's record with City of Lodi: 0.5 outages in the most recent filing year, 72 minutes without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 79% less outage time than the California state average of 5.8 hours a year.
How long a single City of Lodi outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.3 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. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 26,346 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - City of Lodi's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
How City of Lodi's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like City of Lodi files with federal regulators every year - serving 26,346 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See California as a whole, across every utility that filed: California's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.