Duke Energy Progress, SC
How often Duke Energy Progress goes out
Duke Energy Progress customers in South Carolina had 1.1 interruptions last year, 2 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 22% less outage time than the South Carolina state average of 2.5 hours a year.
How long a single Duke Energy Progress outage runs
At an average of 1.7 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 180,575 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Duke Energy Progress's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
How Duke Energy Progress's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Duke Energy Progress files with federal regulators every year - serving 180,575 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the South Carolina average instead of just this one utility? South Carolina's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.