Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc, MT
How often Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc goes out
Outages at Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc are uncommon. Montana customers on this grid saw 0.1 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 14 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 95% less outage time than the Montana state average of 4.8 hours a year.
How long a single Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.5 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. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Most Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc customers keep power almost all year. Serving 2,099 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
How Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc's record was measured
Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Montana territory, serving 2,099 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Montana as a whole, across every utility that filed: Montana's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.