Lynches River Elec Coop, Inc, SC
Lynches River Elec Coop, Inc's outage record
2 separate outages last year, 3.4 hours without power in total - that is Lynches River Elec Coop, Inc's record for South Carolina, running ahead of the national median. That is 33% more outage time than the South Carolina state average of 2.5 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Lynches River Elec Coop, Inc looks like
A single outage here averages 1.7 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Lynches River Elec Coop, Inc
Serving 22,629 customers here, Given how often Lynches River Elec Coop, Inc goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Lynches River Elec Coop, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 22,629 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See South Carolina as a whole, across every utility that filed: South Carolina's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.