PUD No 1 of Okanogan County, WA
Power reliability at PUD No 1 of Okanogan County
Power from PUD No 1 of Okanogan County went out 0.8 times last year across its Washington territory, 2.2 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 66% 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 2.8 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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 22,354 customers here, Outages at PUD No 1 of Okanogan County run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
The source behind this number
PUD No 1 of Okanogan County filed these numbers itself, as a political-subdivision utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Washington territory, serving 22,354 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Washington as a whole, across every utility that filed: Washington's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.