Newberry Electric Coop, Inc, SC
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc's outage record
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc customers in South Carolina lost power 3.2 times last year, 8.5 hours total - well above the national norm for outage time. That is 239% more outage time than the South Carolina state average of 2.5 hours a year.
How long a single Newberry Electric Coop, Inc outage runs
2.6 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Newberry Electric Coop, Inc
Serving 13,990 customers here, Outages at Newberry Electric Coop, Inc run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
Where this number comes from
Newberry Electric Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire South Carolina territory, serving 13,990 customers here, not a single street or outage. See South Carolina as a whole, across every utility that filed: South Carolina's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.