Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc, TX
Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc's outage record
Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc customers in Texas had 0 interruptions last year, 4.8 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.7×. That is 28% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
This utility did not file enough detail to say how long a typical outage runs here, so there is no basis yet for which kind of backup fits best. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc customers need a generator
Serving 149,858 customers here, Given how often Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
How Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 149,858 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Texas as a whole, across every utility that filed: Texas's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.