Coos-Curry Electric Coop, Inc, OR
Power reliability at Coos-Curry Electric Coop, Inc
Coos-Curry Electric Coop, Inc customers in Oregon had 1.1 interruptions last year, 3.1 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.1×. That is 27% less outage time than the Oregon state average of 4.3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Coos-Curry Electric Coop, Inc looks like
Outages here average 2.7 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 18,713 customers here, Given how often Coos-Curry Electric Coop, Inc goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
How Coos-Curry Electric Coop, Inc's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Coos-Curry Electric Coop, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 18,713 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Oregon as a whole, across every utility that filed: Oregon's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.