Heart of Texas Electric Coop, TX
Heart of Texas Electric Coop's outage record
1.8 separate outages last year, 3.4 hours without power in total - that is Heart of Texas Electric Coop's record for Texas, running ahead of the national median. That is 9% less outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 1.9 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Heart of Texas Electric Coop customers need a generator
Serving 24,685 customers here, Given how often Heart of Texas Electric Coop goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
How Heart of Texas Electric Coop's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Heart of Texas Electric Coop files with federal regulators every year - serving 24,685 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Texas as a whole, across every utility that filed: Texas's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.