Clark County Rural E M C, IN
Clark County Rural E M C's outage record
Clark County Rural E M C customers in Indiana had 1.3 interruptions last year, 3.5 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.2×. That is 39% less outage time than the Indiana state average of 5.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Clark County Rural E M C looks like
A typical outage here runs about 2.8 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Clark County Rural E M C customers need a generator
Serving 28,999 customers here, Given how often Clark County Rural E M C goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Clark County Rural E M C files with federal regulators every year - serving 28,999 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Indiana is covered too: see Indiana's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.