Houston County Elec Coop Inc, TX
How often Houston County Elec Coop Inc goes out
9 hours without power across 5.4 outages last year - Houston County Elec Coop Inc's Texas customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 140% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
How long a single Houston County Elec Coop Inc outage runs
A single outage here averages 1.7 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Houston County Elec Coop Inc
Serving 22,938 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Houston County Elec Coop Inc's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Houston County Elec Coop Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 22,938 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Texas average instead of just this one utility? Texas's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.