Overton Power District No 5, NV
Overton Power District No 5's outage record
Outages at Overton Power District No 5 are uncommon. Nevada customers on this grid saw 0.2 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 13 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 89% less outage time than the Nevada state average of 2.1 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 75 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 18,963 customers here, With a record this steady, Overton Power District No 5 customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
How Overton Power District No 5's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a political-subdivision utility like Overton Power District No 5 files with federal regulators every year - serving 18,963 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Nevada is covered too: see Nevada's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.