Omaha Public Power District, NE
Power reliability at Omaha Public Power District
9.3 hours without power across 1.6 outages last year - Omaha Public Power District's Nebraska customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is close to the Nebraska state average of 9.1 hours a year.
How long a single Omaha Public Power District outage runs
5.9 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. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Omaha Public Power District
Serving 407,892 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Omaha Public Power District's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a political-subdivision utility like Omaha Public Power District files with federal regulators every year - serving 407,892 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Nebraska is covered too: see Nebraska's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.