Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp, NC
How often Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp goes out
Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp customers in North Carolina rarely lose power at all: 0.7 interruptions last year, adding up to just 57 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 71% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 82 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp customers need a generator
Most Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp customers keep power almost all year. Serving 85,001 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
How Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp's record was measured
Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Carolina territory, serving 85,001 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in North Carolina is covered too: see North Carolina's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.