FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, PA
Power reliability at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co
10.8 hours without power across 2 outages last year - FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co's Pennsylvania customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 41% more outage time than the Pennsylvania state average of 7.6 hours a year.
What a typical outage at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co looks like
Outages here average 5.3 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 2,084,958 customers here, Outages at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
The source behind this number
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Pennsylvania territory, serving 2,084,958 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Pennsylvania as a whole, across every utility that filed: Pennsylvania's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.