PUD No 1 of Franklin County, WA
How often PUD No 1 of Franklin County goes out
Washington's record with PUD No 1 of Franklin County: 0.6 outages in the most recent filing year, 1.5 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 76% less outage time than the Washington state average of 6.4 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A typical outage here runs about 2.5 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for PUD No 1 of Franklin County
Serving 35,130 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - PUD No 1 of Franklin County's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
How PUD No 1 of Franklin County's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a political-subdivision utility like PUD No 1 of Franklin County files with federal regulators every year - serving 35,130 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Washington as a whole, across every utility that filed: Washington's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.