Jackson County Rural E M C, IN
Power reliability at Jackson County Rural E M C
7.9 hours without power across 2.7 outages last year - Jackson County Rural E M C's Indiana customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 38% more outage time than the Indiana state average of 5.7 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here average 2.9 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Jackson County Rural E M C
Serving 25,229 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Jackson County Rural E M C'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 Jackson County Rural E M C files with federal regulators every year - serving 25,229 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Indiana as a whole, across every utility that filed: Indiana's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.