Nantucket Electric Co, MA
How often Nantucket Electric Co goes out
Nantucket Electric Co customers in Massachusetts had 1 interruptions last year, 1.7 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 16% less outage time than the Massachusetts state average of 2 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here averages 1.8 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Nantucket Electric Co customers need a generator
Serving 14,137 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Nantucket Electric Co'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 an investor-owned utility like Nantucket Electric Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 14,137 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Massachusetts is covered too: see Massachusetts's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.