Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc, KS
How often Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc goes out
Kansas's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 1.5 outages from Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc in the most recent year, 4.4 hours total. That is 35% more outage time than the Kansas state average of 3.3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc looks like
A typical outage here runs about 2.9 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 16,243 customers here, Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
The source behind this number
Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Kansas territory, serving 16,243 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Kansas as a whole, across every utility that filed: Kansas's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.