Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, UT
How often Navajo Tribal Utility Authority goes out
This grid runs rougher than most of the country: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority's Utah customers saw 1.4 interruptions and 8.1 hours without power in the most recent year on file. That is 316% more outage time than the Utah state average of 1.9 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
6 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
Serving 2,246 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Navajo Tribal Utility Authority's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
How Navajo Tribal Utility Authority's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a state-run utility like Navajo Tribal Utility Authority files with federal regulators every year - serving 2,246 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Utah average instead of just this one utility? Utah's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.