Hendricks County Rural E M C, IN
Power reliability at Hendricks County Rural E M C
Indiana's record with Hendricks County Rural E M C: 1.4 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.8 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 51% less outage time than the Indiana state average of 5.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Hendricks County Rural E M C looks like
2 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 39,631 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Hendricks County Rural E M C's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Hendricks County Rural E M C files with federal regulators every year - serving 39,631 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Indiana is covered too: see Indiana's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.