Evergy Missouri West, MO
Evergy Missouri West's outage record
Missouri's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 1.5 outages from Evergy Missouri West in the most recent year, 3.1 hours total. That is 50% less outage time than the Missouri state average of 6.2 hours a year.
How long a single Evergy Missouri West outage runs
2.1 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 350,586 customers here, Given how often Evergy Missouri West goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
How Evergy Missouri West's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Evergy Missouri West files with federal regulators every year - serving 350,586 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.