Kingsport Power Co, TN
Power reliability at Kingsport Power Co
Kingsport Power Co customers in Tennessee had 1.1 interruptions last year, 3 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.1×. That is 21% less outage time than the Tennessee state average of 3.8 hours a year.
How long a single Kingsport Power Co outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.7 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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 49,690 customers here, Given how often Kingsport Power Co goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
How Kingsport Power Co's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Kingsport Power Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 49,690 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Tennessee is covered too: see Tennessee's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.