Evergy Kansas South, Inc, KS
Evergy Kansas South, Inc's outage record
Evergy Kansas South, Inc customers in Kansas had 1.4 interruptions last year, 4.1 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.4×. That is 24% more outage time than the Kansas state average of 3.3 hours a year.
How long a single Evergy Kansas South, Inc outage runs
2.9 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.
Do Evergy Kansas South, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 348,043 customers here, Evergy Kansas South, Inc customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
The source behind this number
Evergy Kansas South, Inc filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Kansas territory, serving 348,043 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Kansas is covered too: see Kansas's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.