Delaware Electric Cooperative, DE
How often Delaware Electric Cooperative goes out
Delaware's record with Delaware Electric Cooperative: 1.5 outages in the most recent filing year, 1.9 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 13% more outage time than the Delaware state average of 1.6 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Delaware Electric Cooperative looks like
Outages here typically run short, about 75 minutes before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Delaware Electric Cooperative
Serving 120,447 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Delaware Electric Cooperative's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Delaware Electric Cooperative files with federal regulators every year - serving 120,447 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Delaware as a whole, across every utility that filed: Delaware's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.