Orcas Power & Light Coop, WA
How often Orcas Power & Light Coop goes out
Washington's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 2.3 outages from Orcas Power & Light Coop in the most recent year, 5.4 hours total. That is 16% less outage time than the Washington state average of 6.4 hours a year.
How long a single Orcas Power & Light Coop outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.4 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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 15,337 customers here, Orcas Power & Light Coop customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
How Orcas Power & Light Coop's record was measured
Orcas Power & Light Coop filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Washington territory, serving 15,337 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Washington as a whole, across every utility that filed: Washington's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.