Dunn County Electric Coop, WI
Dunn County Electric Coop's outage record
Wisconsin's record with Dunn County Electric Coop: 0.8 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.1 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 44% less outage time than the Wisconsin state average of 3.8 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
2.8 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 Dunn County Electric Coop
Serving 10,623 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Dunn County Electric Coop's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Dunn County Electric Coop files with federal regulators every year - serving 10,623 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Wisconsin as a whole, across every utility that filed: Wisconsin's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.