Lea County Electric Coop, Inc, NM
Lea County Electric Coop, Inc's outage record
New Mexico's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 2.4 outages from Lea County Electric Coop, Inc in the most recent year, 4.1 hours total. That is 41% more outage time than the New Mexico state average of 2.9 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 1.7 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 11,212 customers here, Lea County Electric Coop, Inc customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
How Lea County Electric Coop, Inc's record was measured
Lea County 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 11,212 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. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.