Northern Plains Electric Coop, ND
How often Northern Plains Electric Coop goes out
Northern Plains Electric Coop customers in North Dakota lost power 1.4 times last year, 6.2 hours total - well above the national norm for outage time. That is 82% more outage time than the North Dakota state average of 3.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Northern Plains Electric Coop looks like
Outages here average 4.3 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Northern Plains Electric Coop customers need a generator
Serving 12,276 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Northern Plains Electric Coop's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
How Northern Plains Electric Coop's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Northern Plains Electric Coop files with federal regulators every year - serving 12,276 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See North Dakota as a whole, across every utility that filed: North Dakota's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.