Missoula Electric Coop, Inc, ID
Missoula Electric Coop, Inc's outage record
Outages at Missoula Electric Coop, Inc are uncommon. Idaho customers on this grid saw 0.2 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 8 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 98% less outage time than the Idaho state average of 5.4 hours a year.
How long a single Missoula Electric Coop, Inc outage runs
At an average of 52 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Most Missoula Electric Coop, Inc customers keep power almost all year. Serving 70 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
Where this number comes from
Missoula Electric Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Idaho territory, serving 70 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Idaho average instead of just this one utility? Idaho's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.