City of Morganton, NC
How often City of Morganton goes out
Outages at City of Morganton are uncommon. North Carolina customers on this grid saw 0.4 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 42 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 78% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
How long a single City of Morganton outage runs
A single outage here averages 1.8 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do City of Morganton customers need a generator
Serving 8,911 customers here, With a record this steady, City of Morganton customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like City of Morganton files with federal regulators every year - serving 8,911 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in North Carolina is covered too: see North Carolina's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.