Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop, TN
Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop's outage record
This is one of the steadier grids on file: Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop's Tennessee customers went without power for only 9 minutes across 3.6 separate outages last year. That is 96% less outage time than the Tennessee state average of 3.8 hours a year.
How long a single Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop outage runs
Outages here typically run short, about 3 minutes 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.
The generator question for Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop
Most Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop customers keep power almost all year. Serving 37,024 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
The source behind this number
Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Tennessee territory, serving 37,024 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Tennessee average instead of just this one utility? Tennessee's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.