Mountain Electric Coop, Inc, TN
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc's outage record
Power from Mountain Electric Coop, Inc went out 4.1 times last year across its Tennessee territory, 79 minutes in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 66% less outage time than the Tennessee state average of 3.8 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here typically run short, about 19 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.
Do Mountain Electric Coop, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 16,316 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Mountain Electric Coop, Inc's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Mountain Electric Coop, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 16,316 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Tennessee as a whole, across every utility that filed: Tennessee's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.