Massachusetts Electric Co, MA
How often Massachusetts Electric Co goes out
Massachusetts's record with Massachusetts Electric Co: 1 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.2 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 9% more outage time than the Massachusetts state average of 2 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Massachusetts Electric Co looks like
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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 1,361,506 customers here, Outages at Massachusetts Electric Co 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.
The source behind this number
Massachusetts Electric Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Massachusetts territory, serving 1,361,506 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Massachusetts as a whole, across every utility that filed: Massachusetts's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.