Duke Energy Ohio Inc, OH
Power reliability at Duke Energy Ohio Inc
Duke Energy Ohio Inc customers in Ohio had 1 interruptions last year, 3 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1×. That is 13% less outage time than the Ohio state average of 3.4 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here runs long, about 2.9 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Duke Energy Ohio Inc
Serving 760,555 customers here, Given how often Duke Energy Ohio Inc goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Duke Energy Ohio Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 760,555 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Ohio is covered too: see Ohio's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.