Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc., KY
How often Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. goes out
15.2 hours without electricity across 4.2 separate outages - Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.'s record for Kentucky puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 123% more outage time than the Kentucky state average of 6.8 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here runs long, about 3.6 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 24,414 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
How Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.'s record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. files with federal regulators every year - serving 24,414 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Kentucky is covered too: see Kentucky's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.