Middle Tennessee E M C, TN
How often Middle Tennessee E M C goes out
Outages at Middle Tennessee E M C are uncommon. Tennessee customers on this grid saw 0.9 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 50 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 78% less outage time than the Tennessee state average of 3.8 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here typically run short, about 54 minutes before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Middle Tennessee E M C customers need a generator
Serving 355,220 customers here, With a record this steady, Middle Tennessee E M C customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Middle Tennessee E M C files with federal regulators every year - serving 355,220 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Tennessee as a whole, across every utility that filed: Tennessee's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.