Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn, MN
Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn's outage record
Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn customers in Minnesota had 1.4 interruptions last year, 2.5 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 17% less outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn looks like
Outages here typically run short, about 1.8 hours before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 9,449 customers here, Outages at Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn 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
Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Minnesota territory, serving 9,449 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Minnesota as a whole, across every utility that filed: Minnesota's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.