Palmetto Electric Coop Inc, SC
Power reliability at Palmetto Electric Coop Inc
This is one of the steadier grids on file: Palmetto Electric Coop Inc's South Carolina customers went without power for only 51 minutes across 0.8 separate outages last year. That is 67% less outage time than the South Carolina state average of 2.5 hours a year.
How long a single Palmetto Electric Coop Inc outage runs
At an average of 66 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
Most Palmetto Electric Coop Inc customers keep power almost all year. Serving 81,346 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
The source behind this number
Palmetto Electric Coop Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire South Carolina territory, serving 81,346 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the South Carolina average instead of just this one utility? South Carolina's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.