Presque Isle Elec & Gas Coop, MI
How often Presque Isle Elec & Gas Coop goes out
151.2 hours without electricity across 2.9 separate outages - Presque Isle Elec & Gas Coop's record for Michigan puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 1251% more outage time than the Michigan state average of 11.2 hours a year.
How long a single Presque Isle Elec & Gas Coop outage runs
A single outage here runs long, about 52 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Presque Isle Elec & Gas Coop
Serving 35,372 customers here, Presque Isle Elec & Gas Coop is among the least reliable grids in the country on file. You should get a generator here; going without one means betting against the grid's own filed history.
The source behind this number
Presque Isle Elec & Gas Coop filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Michigan territory, serving 35,372 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Michigan average instead of just this one utility? Michigan's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.