City of Westfield, MA
City of Westfield's outage record
City of Westfield customers in Massachusetts had 1.8 interruptions last year, 3.2 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.1×. That is 60% more 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 1.8 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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 18,183 customers here, City of Westfield customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
Where this number comes from
City of Westfield filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Massachusetts territory, serving 18,183 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.