Entergy Texas Inc., TX
Power reliability at Entergy Texas Inc.
6.7 hours without power across 2.6 outages last year - Entergy Texas Inc.'s Texas customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 79% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
How long a single Entergy Texas Inc. outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.6 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Entergy Texas Inc. customers need a generator
Serving 539,043 customers here, Outages at Entergy Texas Inc. run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
How Entergy Texas Inc.'s record was measured
Entergy Texas Inc. filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Texas territory, serving 539,043 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Texas as a whole, across every utility that filed: Texas's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.