Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc, ND
How often Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc goes out
Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc customers in North Dakota rarely lose power at all: 0.3 interruptions last year, adding up to just 64 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 69% less outage time than the North Dakota state average of 3.4 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
3.1 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Most Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc customers keep power almost all year. Serving 7,049 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
The source behind this number
Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Dakota territory, serving 7,049 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in North Dakota is covered too: see North Dakota's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.