Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc, OK
Power reliability at Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc
This grid runs rougher than most of the country: Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc's Oklahoma customers saw 2.3 interruptions and 8.1 hours without power in the most recent year on file. That is 71% more outage time than the Oklahoma state average of 4.8 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here runs long, about 3.5 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 19,134 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 19,134 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Oklahoma average instead of just this one utility? Oklahoma's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.