Empire District Electric Co, MO
Power reliability at Empire District Electric Co
Power from Empire District Electric Co went out 1.1 times last year across its Missouri territory, 2.8 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 55% less outage time than the Missouri state average of 6.2 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Empire District Electric Co looks like
2.5 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 Empire District Electric Co
Serving 160,704 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Empire District Electric Co's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Empire District Electric Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 160,704 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Missouri average instead of just this one utility? Missouri's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.