Manitowoc Public Utilities, WI
Manitowoc Public Utilities's outage record
This is one of the steadier grids on file: Manitowoc Public Utilities's Wisconsin customers went without power for only 35 minutes across 0.5 separate outages last year. That is 85% less outage time than the Wisconsin state average of 3.8 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Manitowoc Public Utilities looks like
Outages here typically run short, about 72 minutes before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 18,328 customers here, With a record this steady, Manitowoc Public Utilities customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like Manitowoc Public Utilities files with federal regulators every year - serving 18,328 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Wisconsin average instead of just this one utility? Wisconsin's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.