City of Statesville, NC
Power reliability at City of Statesville
Power from City of Statesville went out 0.6 times last year across its North Carolina territory, 78 minutes in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 60% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
How long a single City of Statesville outage runs
2.3 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for City of Statesville
Serving 15,253 customers here, Outages at City of Statesville 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.
Where this number comes from
City of Statesville filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Carolina territory, serving 15,253 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the North Carolina average instead of just this one utility? North Carolina's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.