Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec Coop, IA
Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec Coop's outage record
Power from Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec Coop went out 1 times last year across its Iowa territory, 2.3 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 9% less outage time than the Iowa state average of 2.5 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A typical outage here runs about 2.2 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec Coop
Serving 17,412 customers here, Outages at Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec Coop run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
How Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec Coop's record was measured
Maquoketa Valley Rrl Elec Coop filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Iowa territory, serving 17,412 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Iowa is covered too: see Iowa's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.