Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc, SC
Power reliability at Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc customers in South Carolina had 2.2 interruptions last year, 4.5 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.6×. That is 77% more outage time than the South Carolina state average of 2.5 hours a year.
How long a single Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc outage runs
Outages here average 2 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc customers need a generator
Serving 61,058 customers here, Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
The source behind this number
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire South Carolina territory, serving 61,058 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in South Carolina is covered too: see South Carolina's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.