Northern Wasco County PUD, OR
Northern Wasco County PUD's outage record
Northern Wasco County PUD customers in Oregon rarely lose power at all: 0.3 interruptions last year, adding up to just 27 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 89% less outage time than the Oregon state average of 4.3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here averages 1.6 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Northern Wasco County PUD customers need a generator
Serving 10,740 customers here, With a record this steady, Northern Wasco County PUD customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a political-subdivision utility like Northern Wasco County PUD files with federal regulators every year - serving 10,740 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Oregon is covered too: see Oregon's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.