Flint Electric Membership Corp, GA
Power reliability at Flint Electric Membership Corp
Flint Electric Membership Corp customers in Georgia had 1.2 interruptions last year, 2.5 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 44% less outage time than the Georgia state average of 4.5 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A typical outage here runs about 2.1 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.
Do Flint Electric Membership Corp customers need a generator
Serving 97,743 customers here, Outages at Flint Electric Membership Corp run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
Where this number comes from
Flint Electric Membership Corp filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Georgia territory, serving 97,743 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Georgia as a whole, across every utility that filed: Georgia's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.