Fort Loudoun Electric Coop, TN
Power reliability at Fort Loudoun Electric Coop
8.8 hours without power across 2.8 outages last year - Fort Loudoun Electric Coop's Tennessee customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 130% more outage time than the Tennessee state average of 3.8 hours a year.
How long a single Fort Loudoun Electric Coop outage runs
3.1 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Fort Loudoun Electric Coop customers need a generator
Serving 36,120 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Fort Loudoun Electric Coop's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Fort Loudoun Electric Coop files with federal regulators every year - serving 36,120 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Tennessee is covered too: see Tennessee's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.