Corridor Energy Cooperative, IA
Corridor Energy Cooperative's outage record
Corridor Energy Cooperative customers in Iowa had 1.8 interruptions last year, 2.3 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 11% less outage time than the Iowa state average of 2.5 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 76 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 32,966 customers here, Outages at Corridor Energy Cooperative run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
How Corridor Energy Cooperative's record was measured
Corridor Energy Cooperative filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Iowa territory, serving 32,966 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Iowa average instead of just this one utility? Iowa's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.