PacifiCorp, UT
How often PacifiCorp goes out
PacifiCorp customers in Utah had 0.9 interruptions last year, 2 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is close to the Utah state average of 1.9 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here average 2.2 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for PacifiCorp
Serving 1,054,136 customers here, Outages at PacifiCorp 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.
Where this number comes from
PacifiCorp filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Utah territory, serving 1,054,136 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Utah as a whole, across every utility that filed: Utah's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.