Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop, IA
Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop's outage record
Iowa's record with Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop: 0.9 outages in the most recent filing year, 1.5 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 39% less outage time than the Iowa state average of 2.5 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop looks like
A single outage here averages 1.7 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop
Serving 24,200 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Eastern Iowa Light & Power 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 Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop files with federal regulators every year - serving 24,200 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Iowa is covered too: see Iowa's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.