Homer Electric Assn Inc, AK
Power reliability at Homer Electric Assn Inc
13.4 hours without electricity across 3.4 separate outages - Homer Electric Assn Inc's record for Alaska puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 49% more outage time than the Alaska state average of 9 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
4 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. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 34,587 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Homer Electric Assn Inc is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Homer Electric Assn Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 34,587 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Alaska as a whole, across every utility that filed: Alaska's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.