Fannin County Electric Coop, TX
How often Fannin County Electric Coop goes out
16.7 hours without electricity across 4.2 separate outages - Fannin County Electric Coop's record for Texas puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 346% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
How long a single Fannin County Electric Coop outage runs
A single outage here runs long, about 3.9 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Fannin County Electric Coop customers need a generator
Serving 12,384 customers here, Fannin County Electric Coop is among the least reliable grids in the country on file. You should get a generator here; going without one means betting against the grid's own filed history.
Where this number comes from
Fannin County Electric Coop filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Texas territory, serving 12,384 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Texas average instead of just this one utility? Texas's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.