Nueces Electric Cooperative, TX
Nueces Electric Cooperative's outage record
This grid runs rougher than most of the country: Nueces Electric Cooperative's Texas customers saw 1.9 interruptions and 6.8 hours without power in the most recent year on file. That is 83% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
3.6 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 21,828 customers here, Outages at Nueces Electric Cooperative run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
How Nueces Electric Cooperative's record was measured
Nueces Electric Cooperative filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Texas territory, serving 21,828 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Texas is covered too: see Texas's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.