Farmers Electric Coop, Inc, MO
How often Farmers Electric Coop, Inc goes out
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc customers in Missouri had 1.9 interruptions last year, 3.3 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.1×. That is 47% less outage time than the Missouri state average of 6.2 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here averages 1.7 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Farmers Electric Coop, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 13,739 customers here, Farmers Electric Coop, 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
Farmers Electric Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Missouri territory, serving 13,739 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Missouri average instead of just this one utility? Missouri's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.