Core Electric Cooperative, CO
Core Electric Cooperative's outage record
6.3 hours without power across 1 outages last year - Core Electric Cooperative's Colorado customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 39% more outage time than the Colorado state average of 4.6 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Core Electric Cooperative looks like
A single outage here runs long, about 6.6 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Core Electric Cooperative customers need a generator
Serving 181,698 customers here, Outages at Core Electric Cooperative run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
How Core Electric Cooperative's record was measured
Core Electric Cooperative filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Colorado territory, serving 181,698 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Colorado is covered too: see Colorado's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.