Perennial Public Power Dist, NE
Power reliability at Perennial Public Power Dist
This is one of the least reliable grids on file. Nebraska's Perennial Public Power Dist customers lost power 2.9 times in the most recent year, 35 hours in total. That is 284% more outage time than the Nebraska state average of 9.1 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Perennial Public Power Dist looks like
12.1 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 7,845 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Perennial Public Power Dist is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
How Perennial Public Power Dist's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a political-subdivision utility like Perennial Public Power Dist files with federal regulators every year - serving 7,845 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Nebraska average instead of just this one utility? Nebraska's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.