PUD No 1 of Klickitat County, WA
PUD No 1 of Klickitat County's outage record
0.9 separate outages last year, 4.5 hours without power in total - that is PUD No 1 of Klickitat County's record for Washington, running ahead of the national median. That is 29% less outage time than the Washington state average of 6.4 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
4.9 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.
The generator question for PUD No 1 of Klickitat County
Serving 14,344 customers here, PUD No 1 of Klickitat County customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
Where this number comes from
PUD No 1 of Klickitat County filed these numbers itself, as a political-subdivision utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Washington territory, serving 14,344 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Washington as a whole, across every utility that filed: Washington's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.