Covington Electric Coop, Inc, AL
Power reliability at Covington Electric Coop, Inc
2.3 separate outages last year, 3.5 hours without power in total - that is Covington Electric Coop, Inc's record for Alabama, running ahead of the national median. That is 43% less outage time than the Alabama state average of 6.2 hours a year.
How long a single Covington Electric Coop, Inc outage runs
A single outage here averages 1.5 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 25,037 customers here, Covington Electric Coop, Inc 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
Covington Electric Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Alabama territory, serving 25,037 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Alabama average instead of just this one utility? Alabama's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.