Lincoln Electric System, NE
Power reliability at Lincoln Electric System
Lincoln Electric System customers in Nebraska had 0.7 interruptions last year, 4 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.4×. That is 56% less outage time than the Nebraska state average of 9.1 hours a year.
How long a single Lincoln Electric System outage runs
5.4 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Lincoln Electric System customers need a generator
Serving 154,489 customers here, Given how often Lincoln Electric System goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
How Lincoln Electric System's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like Lincoln Electric System files with federal regulators every year - serving 154,489 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Nebraska as a whole, across every utility that filed: Nebraska's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.