PUD No 2 of Grant County, WA
PUD No 2 of Grant County's outage record
PUD No 2 of Grant County customers in Washington had 0.4 interruptions last year, 84 minutes total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 78% less outage time than the Washington state average of 6.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at PUD No 2 of Grant County looks like
A single outage here runs long, about 3.3 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 2 of Grant County customers need a generator
Serving 57,382 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - PUD No 2 of Grant 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.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a political-subdivision utility like PUD No 2 of Grant County files with federal regulators every year - serving 57,382 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.