Mountain Parks Electric, Inc, CO
How often Mountain Parks Electric, Inc goes out
2.4 separate outages last year, 3 hours without power in total - that is Mountain Parks Electric, Inc's record for Colorado, running ahead of the national median. That is 34% less outage time than the Colorado state average of 4.6 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Mountain Parks Electric, Inc looks like
At an average of 75 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.
Do Mountain Parks Electric, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 23,275 customers here, Given how often Mountain Parks Electric, Inc goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Mountain Parks Electric, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 23,275 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Colorado is covered too: see Colorado's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.