Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc, NM
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc's outage record
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc customers in New Mexico had 2.3 interruptions last year, 5.1 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.8×. That is 77% more outage time than the New Mexico state average of 2.9 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here average 2.2 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 31,125 customers here, Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
How Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc's record was measured
Kit Carson Electric Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire New Mexico territory, serving 31,125 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the New Mexico average instead of just this one utility? New Mexico's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.