New River Light & Power Co, NC
New River Light & Power Co's outage record
New River Light & Power Co customers in North Carolina had 0.7 interruptions last year, 1.8 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 44% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A typical outage here runs about 2.7 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for New River Light & Power Co
Serving 9,178 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - New River Light & Power 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.
How New River Light & Power Co's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a state-run utility like New River Light & Power Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 9,178 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See North Carolina as a whole, across every utility that filed: North Carolina's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.