Coldwater Board of Public Util, MI
Power reliability at Coldwater Board of Public Util
Michigan's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 0.9 outages from Coldwater Board of Public Util in the most recent year, 5.2 hours total. That is 54% less outage time than the Michigan state average of 11.2 hours a year.
How long a single Coldwater Board of Public Util outage runs
A single outage here runs long, about 5.5 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 7,841 customers here, Coldwater Board of Public Util customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
The source behind this number
Coldwater Board of Public Util filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Michigan territory, serving 7,841 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Michigan as a whole, across every utility that filed: Michigan's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.