Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co, AR
Power reliability at Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co customers in Arkansas had 1.6 interruptions last year, 3.6 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.3×. That is 53% less outage time than the Arkansas state average of 7.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co looks like
A typical outage here runs about 2.2 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Serving 70,795 customers here, Given how often Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 70,795 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Arkansas is covered too: see Arkansas's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.