Midwest Electric Member Corp, NE
Midwest Electric Member Corp's outage record
Midwest Electric Member Corp customers in Nebraska rarely lose power at all: 0.4 interruptions last year, adding up to just 65 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 88% less outage time than the Nebraska state average of 9.1 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
2.8 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 6,846 customers here, With a record this steady, Midwest Electric Member Corp customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Midwest Electric Member Corp files with federal regulators every year - serving 6,846 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Nebraska is covered too: see Nebraska's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.