Duke Energy Progress, NC
Duke Energy Progress's outage record
North Carolina's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 1.4 outages from Duke Energy Progress in the most recent year, 3.1 hours total. That is 6% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
How long a single Duke Energy Progress outage runs
2.2 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for Duke Energy Progress
Serving 1,679,755 customers here, Duke Energy Progress 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 Progress filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Carolina territory, serving 1,679,755 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the North Carolina average instead of just this one utility? North Carolina's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.