Northcentral Mississippi E P A, MS
How often Northcentral Mississippi E P A goes out
1.5 separate outages last year, 4.1 hours without power in total - that is Northcentral Mississippi E P A's record for Mississippi, running ahead of the national median. That is 51% less outage time than the Mississippi state average of 8.4 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
2.7 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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 35,275 customers here, Northcentral Mississippi E P A customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
The source behind this number
Northcentral Mississippi E P A filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Mississippi territory, serving 35,275 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Mississippi average instead of just this one utility? Mississippi's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.