Consolidated Electric Coop, MO
Power reliability at Consolidated Electric Coop
1.2 separate outages last year, 3.9 hours without power in total - that is Consolidated Electric Coop's record for Missouri, running ahead of the national median. That is 37% less outage time than the Missouri state average of 6.2 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
3.3 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Consolidated Electric Coop customers need a generator
Serving 8,359 customers here, Consolidated Electric Coop 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
Consolidated Electric Coop filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Missouri territory, serving 8,359 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Missouri as a whole, across every utility that filed: Missouri's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.