City of Pasadena, CA
City of Pasadena's outage record
California's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 0.8 outages from City of Pasadena in the most recent year, 3.6 hours total. That is 38% less outage time than the California state average of 5.8 hours a year.
What a typical outage at City of Pasadena looks like
A single outage here runs long, about 4.6 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for City of Pasadena
Serving 66,846 customers here, City of Pasadena customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
How City of Pasadena's record was measured
City of Pasadena filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire California territory, serving 66,846 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the California average instead of just this one utility? California's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.