Midwest Energy Inc, KS
How often Midwest Energy Inc goes out
This grid runs rougher than most of the country: Midwest Energy Inc's Kansas customers saw 2.7 interruptions and 9.7 hours without power in the most recent year on file. That is 196% more outage time than the Kansas state average of 3.3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here average 3.6 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 50,434 customers here, Outages at Midwest Energy Inc run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
Where this number comes from
Midwest Energy Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Kansas territory, serving 50,434 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Kansas average instead of just this one utility? Kansas's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.