Nstar Electric Company, MA
Power reliability at Nstar Electric Company
Power from Nstar Electric Company went out 0.8 times last year across its Massachusetts territory, 1.9 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 7% less outage time than the Massachusetts state average of 2 hours a year.
How long a single Nstar Electric Company outage runs
2.3 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Nstar Electric Company
Serving 1,463,349 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Nstar Electric Company'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 Nstar Electric Company's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Nstar Electric Company files with federal regulators every year - serving 1,463,349 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Massachusetts average instead of just this one utility? Massachusetts's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.