Horry Electric Coop Inc, SC
Horry Electric Coop Inc's outage record
Power from Horry Electric Coop Inc went out 1.3 times last year across its South Carolina territory, 1.8 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 27% less outage time than the South Carolina state average of 2.5 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 86 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 100,332 customers here, Outages at Horry Electric Coop Inc 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.
How Horry Electric Coop Inc's record was measured
Horry Electric Coop Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire South Carolina territory, serving 100,332 customers here, not a single street or outage. See South Carolina as a whole, across every utility that filed: South Carolina's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.