Lake Country Power, MN
Power reliability at Lake Country Power
This grid runs rougher than most of the country: Lake Country Power's Minnesota customers saw 2.3 interruptions and 6.9 hours without power in the most recent year on file. That is 127% more outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here average 3 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 51,603 customers here, Outages at Lake Country Power run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
Where this number comes from
Lake Country Power filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Minnesota territory, serving 51,603 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Minnesota as a whole, across every utility that filed: Minnesota's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.