Dayton Power & Light Co, OH
Dayton Power & Light Co's outage record
Ohio's record with Dayton Power & Light Co: 1 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.8 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 18% less outage time than the Ohio state average of 3.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Dayton Power & Light Co looks like
2.8 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for Dayton Power & Light Co
Serving 619,282 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Dayton Power & Light Co's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
How Dayton Power & Light Co's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Dayton Power & Light Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 619,282 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Ohio as a whole, across every utility that filed: Ohio's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.