Karnes Electric Coop Inc, TX
How often Karnes Electric Coop Inc goes out
Karnes Electric Coop Inc customers in Texas had 1.8 interruptions last year, 2.9 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1×. That is 22% less outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
How long a single Karnes Electric Coop Inc outage runs
At an average of 1.7 hours 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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 23,466 customers here, Karnes Electric Coop Inc customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
Where this number comes from
Karnes Electric Coop Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Texas territory, serving 23,466 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Texas is covered too: see Texas's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.