Cloverland Electric Co-op, MI
How often Cloverland Electric Co-op goes out
17 hours without electricity across 4.4 separate outages - Cloverland Electric Co-op's record for Michigan puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 52% more outage time than the Michigan state average of 11.2 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Cloverland Electric Co-op looks like
Outages here average 3.9 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Cloverland Electric Co-op customers need a generator
Serving 44,687 customers here, Cloverland Electric Co-op is among the least reliable grids in the country on file. You should get a generator here; going without one means betting against the grid's own filed history.
Where this number comes from
Cloverland Electric Co-op filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Michigan territory, serving 44,687 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Michigan average instead of just this one utility? Michigan's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.