City of Marshall, MN
City of Marshall's outage record
City of Marshall customers in Minnesota rarely lose power at all: 0.2 interruptions last year, adding up to just 5 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 97% less outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here typically run short, about 30 minutes before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do City of Marshall customers need a generator
Most City of Marshall customers keep power almost all year. Serving 6,958 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
How City of Marshall's record was measured
City of Marshall filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Minnesota territory, serving 6,958 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Minnesota as a whole, across every utility that filed: Minnesota's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.