PUD No 1 of Clark County, WA
Power reliability at PUD No 1 of Clark County
1.6 separate outages last year, 5 hours without power in total - that is PUD No 1 of Clark County's record for Washington, running ahead of the national median. That is 22% less outage time than the Washington state average of 6.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at PUD No 1 of Clark County looks like
A single outage here runs long, about 3.1 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.
Do PUD No 1 of Clark County customers need a generator
Serving 238,063 customers here, Given how often PUD No 1 of Clark County goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a political-subdivision utility like PUD No 1 of Clark County files with federal regulators every year - serving 238,063 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Washington is covered too: see Washington's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.