Duke Energy Kentucky, KY
How often Duke Energy Kentucky goes out
Kentucky's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 0.9 outages from Duke Energy Kentucky in the most recent year, 3.1 hours total. That is 55% less outage time than the Kentucky state average of 6.8 hours a year.
How long a single Duke Energy Kentucky outage runs
A single outage here runs long, about 3.5 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.
The generator question for Duke Energy Kentucky
Serving 152,376 customers here, Duke Energy Kentucky 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
Duke Energy Kentucky filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Kentucky territory, serving 152,376 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Kentucky is covered too: see Kentucky's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.