Clay County Electric Coop Corp, AR
Clay County Electric Coop Corp's outage record
Clay County Electric Coop Corp customers in Arkansas are among the worst-served in the country: 2.5 outages last year, 16.3 hours without power in total. That is 111% more outage time than the Arkansas state average of 7.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Clay County Electric Coop Corp looks like
A single outage here runs long, about 6.4 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 12,395 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Clay County Electric Coop Corp is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Clay County Electric Coop Corp files with federal regulators every year - serving 12,395 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Arkansas is covered too: see Arkansas's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.