Louisville Gas & Electric Co, KY
Louisville Gas & Electric Co's outage record
Kentucky's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 1.2 outages from Louisville Gas & Electric Co in the most recent year, 3.8 hours total. That is 44% less outage time than the Kentucky state average of 6.8 hours a year.
How long a single Louisville Gas & Electric Co outage runs
3.2 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. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Louisville Gas & Electric Co
Serving 448,013 customers here, Louisville Gas & Electric Co customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
How Louisville Gas & Electric Co's record was measured
Louisville Gas & Electric Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Kentucky territory, serving 448,013 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Kentucky as a whole, across every utility that filed: Kentucky's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.