MPD Electric Cooperative, SC
How often MPD Electric Cooperative goes out
South Carolina's record with MPD Electric Cooperative: 1.2 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.3 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 10% less outage time than the South Carolina state average of 2.5 hours a year.
How long a single MPD Electric Cooperative outage runs
At an average of 1.8 hours 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.
The generator question for MPD Electric Cooperative
Serving 38,997 customers here, Outages at MPD Electric Cooperative 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.
The source behind this number
MPD Electric Cooperative filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire South Carolina territory, serving 38,997 customers here, not a single street or outage. See South Carolina as a whole, across every utility that filed: South Carolina's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.