Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc, ND
Power reliability at Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc
Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc customers in North Dakota rarely lose power at all: 0.2 interruptions last year, adding up to just 31 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 85% less outage time than the North Dakota state average of 3.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc looks like
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. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Most Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc customers keep power almost all year. Serving 1,163 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
How Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc's record was measured
Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Dakota territory, serving 1,163 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the North Dakota average instead of just this one utility? North Dakota's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.