City of Painesville, OH
How often City of Painesville goes out
Power from City of Painesville went out 2.3 times last year across its Ohio territory, 2.6 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 25% less outage time than the Ohio state average of 3.4 hours a year.
How long a single City of Painesville outage runs
At an average of 67 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 12,598 customers here, Outages at City of Painesville run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
The source behind this number
City of Painesville filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Ohio territory, serving 12,598 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Ohio average instead of just this one utility? Ohio's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.