Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop, ND
Power reliability at Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop
North Dakota's record with Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop: 1.2 outages in the most recent filing year, 1.9 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 43% less outage time than the North Dakota state average of 3.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop looks like
Outages here typically run short, about 1.7 hours before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 19,270 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop files with federal regulators every year - serving 19,270 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the North Dakota average instead of just this one utility? North Dakota's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.