Edgecombe-Martin County E M C, NC
How often Edgecombe-Martin County E M C goes out
Power from Edgecombe-Martin County E M C went out 1.2 times last year across its North Carolina territory, 1.7 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 47% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Edgecombe-Martin County E M C looks like
At an average of 88 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 11,742 customers here, Outages at Edgecombe-Martin County E M C run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
How Edgecombe-Martin County E M C's record was measured
Edgecombe-Martin County E M C filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Carolina territory, serving 11,742 customers here, not a single street or outage. See North Carolina as a whole, across every utility that filed: North Carolina's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.