Kentucky Utilities Co, KY
Power reliability at Kentucky Utilities Co
Kentucky's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 1.1 outages from Kentucky Utilities Co in the most recent year, 3.3 hours total. That is 52% less outage time than the Kentucky state average of 6.8 hours a year.
How long a single Kentucky Utilities Co outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.9 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for Kentucky Utilities Co
Serving 559,439 customers here, Given how often Kentucky Utilities Co goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
How Kentucky Utilities Co's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Kentucky Utilities Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 559,439 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Kentucky average instead of just this one utility? Kentucky's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.