Orange & Rockland Utils Inc, NY
Orange & Rockland Utils Inc's outage record
Orange & Rockland Utils Inc customers in New York had 1.4 interruptions last year, 2.6 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 34% more outage time than the New York state average of 1.9 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 1.8 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Orange & Rockland Utils Inc customers need a generator
Serving 235,319 customers here, Outages at Orange & Rockland Utils Inc run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
How Orange & Rockland Utils Inc's record was measured
Orange & Rockland Utils Inc filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire New York territory, serving 235,319 customers here, not a single street or outage. See New York as a whole, across every utility that filed: New York's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.