Pike County Light & Power Co, PA
Pike County Light & Power Co's outage record
Pike County Light & Power Co customers in Pennsylvania had 0.8 interruptions last year, 3.3 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.1×. That is 57% less outage time than the Pennsylvania state average of 7.6 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
4 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. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 5,400 customers here, Pike County Light & Power Co customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
Where this number comes from
Pike County Light & Power Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Pennsylvania territory, serving 5,400 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Pennsylvania average instead of just this one utility? Pennsylvania's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.