Cullman Electric Coop, Inc, AL
Power reliability at Cullman Electric Coop, Inc
This is one of the least reliable grids on file. Alabama's Cullman Electric Coop, Inc customers lost power 3.4 times in the most recent year, 13 hours in total. That is 110% more outage time than the Alabama state average of 6.2 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here runs long, about 3.8 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 Cullman Electric Coop, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 48,573 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Cullman Electric Coop, Inc is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Cullman Electric Coop, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 48,573 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Alabama is covered too: see Alabama's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.