Craighead Electric Coop Corp, AR
Craighead Electric Coop Corp's outage record
This grid runs rougher than most of the country: Craighead Electric Coop Corp's Arkansas customers saw 3.3 interruptions and 8.3 hours without power in the most recent year on file. That is 8% more outage time than the Arkansas state average of 7.7 hours a year.
How long a single Craighead Electric Coop Corp outage runs
Outages here average 2.5 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.
Do Craighead Electric Coop Corp customers need a generator
Serving 32,487 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Craighead Electric Coop Corp'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 Craighead Electric Coop Corp files with federal regulators every year - serving 32,487 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Arkansas as a whole, across every utility that filed: Arkansas's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.