Dixie Electric Power Assn, MS
Dixie Electric Power Assn's outage record
Dixie Electric Power Assn customers in Mississippi had 2.7 interruptions last year, 5.8 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 2×. That is 30% less outage time than the Mississippi state average of 8.4 hours a year.
How long a single Dixie Electric Power Assn outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.1 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Dixie Electric Power Assn customers need a generator
Serving 41,426 customers here, Dixie Electric Power Assn customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
Where this number comes from
Dixie Electric Power Assn filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Mississippi territory, serving 41,426 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Mississippi is covered too: see Mississippi's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.