Minnesota Valley Coop L&P Assn, MN
Power reliability at Minnesota Valley Coop L&P Assn
Minnesota's record with Minnesota Valley Coop L&P Assn: 1.5 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.1 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 32% less outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here typically run short, about 82 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.
The generator question for Minnesota Valley Coop L&P Assn
Serving 5,423 customers here, Outages at Minnesota Valley Coop L&P Assn run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
How Minnesota Valley Coop L&P Assn's record was measured
Minnesota Valley Coop L&P Assn filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Minnesota territory, serving 5,423 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Minnesota as a whole, across every utility that filed: Minnesota's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.