Mid-South Electric Coop Assn, TX
Mid-South Electric Coop Assn's outage record
2.3 separate outages last year, 3.2 hours without power in total - that is Mid-South Electric Coop Assn's record for Texas, running ahead of the national median. That is 16% less outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
How long a single Mid-South Electric Coop Assn outage runs
At an average of 82 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Mid-South Electric Coop Assn customers need a generator
Serving 41,900 customers here, Given how often Mid-South Electric Coop Assn goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Mid-South Electric Coop Assn files with federal regulators every year - serving 41,900 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Texas as a whole, across every utility that filed: Texas's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.