City of Lumberton, NC
City of Lumberton's outage record
Outages at City of Lumberton are uncommon. North Carolina customers on this grid saw 1 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 65 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 67% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at City of Lumberton looks like
Outages here typically run short, about 64 minutes before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for City of Lumberton
Most City of Lumberton customers keep power almost all year. Serving 11,790 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
Where this number comes from
City of Lumberton filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Carolina territory, serving 11,790 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the North Carolina average instead of just this one utility? North Carolina's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.