Midwest Energy Cooperative, OH
How often Midwest Energy Cooperative goes out
Midwest Energy Cooperative customers in Ohio had 1.1 interruptions last year, 3.3 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.1×. That is 5% less outage time than the Ohio state average of 3.4 hours a year.
How long a single Midwest Energy Cooperative outage runs
3 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Midwest Energy Cooperative customers need a generator
Serving 1,082 customers here, Midwest Energy Cooperative customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
How Midwest Energy Cooperative's record was measured
Midwest Energy Cooperative filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Ohio territory, serving 1,082 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Ohio average instead of just this one utility? Ohio's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.