Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp, LA
Power reliability at Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp
Outages at Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp are uncommon. Louisiana customers on this grid saw 0 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 2 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 99% less outage time than the Louisiana state average of 4.4 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here averages 1.5 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp
Serving 10,670 customers here, With a record this steady, Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp files with federal regulators every year - serving 10,670 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Louisiana average instead of just this one utility? Louisiana's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.