PacifiCorp, WA
Power reliability at PacifiCorp
Washington's record with PacifiCorp: 0.6 outages in the most recent filing year, 1.7 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 73% less outage time than the Washington state average of 6.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at PacifiCorp looks like
A single outage here runs long, about 3.1 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do PacifiCorp customers need a generator
Serving 140,273 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - PacifiCorp's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like PacifiCorp files with federal regulators every year - serving 140,273 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Washington average instead of just this one utility? Washington's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.