City of Taunton, MA
How often City of Taunton goes out
City of Taunton customers in Massachusetts rarely lose power at all: 1.4 interruptions last year, adding up to just 64 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 48% less outage time than the Massachusetts state average of 2 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here typically run short, about 45 minutes before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for City of Taunton
Most City of Taunton customers keep power almost all year. Serving 39,801 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
How City of Taunton's record was measured
City of Taunton filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Massachusetts territory, serving 39,801 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Massachusetts average instead of just this one utility? Massachusetts's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.