City of Manassas, VA
How often City of Manassas goes out
Power from City of Manassas went out 1.3 times last year across its Virginia territory, 76 minutes in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 83% less outage time than the Virginia state average of 7.7 hours a year.
How long a single City of Manassas outage runs
A single outage here averages 59 minutes. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do City of Manassas customers need a generator
Serving 17,185 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - City of Manassas's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like City of Manassas files with federal regulators every year - serving 17,185 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Virginia as a whole, across every utility that filed: Virginia's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.