Entergy Arkansas LLC, AR
Power reliability at Entergy Arkansas LLC
Entergy Arkansas LLC customers in Arkansas lost power 2.2 times last year, 8.6 hours total - well above the national norm for outage time. That is 12% more outage time than the Arkansas state average of 7.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Entergy Arkansas LLC looks like
3.8 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 747,309 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Entergy Arkansas LLC's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
How Entergy Arkansas LLC's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Entergy Arkansas LLC files with federal regulators every year - serving 747,309 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Arkansas as a whole, across every utility that filed: Arkansas's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.