Diverse Power Incorporated, AL
Power reliability at Diverse Power Incorporated
20.1 hours without electricity across 2.3 separate outages - Diverse Power Incorporated's record for Alabama puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 224% more outage time than the Alabama state average of 6.2 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Diverse Power Incorporated looks like
Outages here average 8.9 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 698 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Diverse Power Incorporated is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Diverse Power Incorporated files with federal regulators every year - serving 698 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Alabama average instead of just this one utility? Alabama's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.