PUD No 1 of Jefferson County, WA
PUD No 1 of Jefferson County's outage record
12.9 hours without electricity across 3.8 separate outages - PUD No 1 of Jefferson County's record for Washington puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 102% more outage time than the Washington state average of 6.4 hours a year.
How long a single PUD No 1 of Jefferson County outage runs
Outages here average 3.4 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do PUD No 1 of Jefferson County customers need a generator
Serving 21,336 customers here, PUD No 1 of Jefferson County 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.
Where this number comes from
PUD No 1 of Jefferson County filed these numbers itself, as a political-subdivision utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Washington territory, serving 21,336 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Washington is covered too: see Washington's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.