City of Ponca City, OK
City of Ponca City's outage record
City of Ponca City customers in Oklahoma had 1.4 interruptions last year, 2.4 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 50% less outage time than the Oklahoma state average of 4.8 hours a year.
What a typical outage at City of Ponca City looks like
Outages here typically run short, about 1.7 hours 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 Ponca City customers need a generator
Serving 15,990 customers here, Outages at City of Ponca City 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.
How City of Ponca City's record was measured
City of Ponca City filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Oklahoma territory, serving 15,990 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Oklahoma is covered too: see Oklahoma's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.