PPL Electric Utilities Corp, PA
Power reliability at PPL Electric Utilities Corp
PPL Electric Utilities Corp customers in Pennsylvania had 1 interruptions last year, 3.3 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.2×. 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
3.4 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. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do PPL Electric Utilities Corp customers need a generator
Serving 1,477,678 customers here, PPL Electric Utilities Corp 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
PPL Electric Utilities Corp filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Pennsylvania territory, serving 1,477,678 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Pennsylvania is covered too: see Pennsylvania's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.