Empire District Electric Co, OK
Power reliability at Empire District Electric Co
2.2 separate outages last year, 3.3 hours without power in total - that is Empire District Electric Co's record for Oklahoma, running ahead of the national median. That is 30% less outage time than the Oklahoma state average of 4.8 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Empire District Electric Co looks like
At an average of 89 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Empire District Electric Co customers need a generator
Serving 5,557 customers here, Given how often Empire District Electric Co goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
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 5,557 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Oklahoma is covered too: see Oklahoma's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.