Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc, TX
How often Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc goes out
8.6 hours without power across 2.4 outages last year - Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc's Texas customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 129% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc looks like
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. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 4,507 customers here, Outages at Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
The source behind this number
Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Texas territory, serving 4,507 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Texas is covered too: see Texas's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.