People's Cooperative Services, MN
How often People's Cooperative Services goes out
Power from People's Cooperative Services went out 1.2 times last year across its Minnesota territory, 1.7 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 46% less outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at People's Cooperative Services looks like
At an average of 80 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.
Do People's Cooperative Services customers need a generator
Serving 24,017 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - People's Cooperative Services'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 a member-owned cooperative like People's Cooperative Services files with federal regulators every year - serving 24,017 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Minnesota is covered too: see Minnesota's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.