Potomac Electric Power Co, MD
How often Potomac Electric Power Co goes out
Power from Potomac Electric Power Co went out 0.7 times last year across its Maryland territory, 1.7 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 44% less outage time than the Maryland state average of 3.1 hours a year.
How long a single Potomac Electric Power Co outage runs
2.3 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Potomac Electric Power Co
Serving 604,786 customers here, Outages at Potomac Electric Power Co run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
The source behind this number
Potomac Electric Power Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Maryland territory, serving 604,786 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Maryland as a whole, across every utility that filed: Maryland's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.