PUD No 3 of Mason County, WA
PUD No 3 of Mason County's outage record
7 hours without power across 1.9 outages last year - PUD No 3 of Mason County's Washington customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 9% more outage time than the Washington state average of 6.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at PUD No 3 of Mason County looks like
3.7 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. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do PUD No 3 of Mason County customers need a generator
Serving 37,168 customers here, Outages at PUD No 3 of Mason County run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
Where this number comes from
PUD No 3 of Mason County filed these numbers itself, as a political-subdivision utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Washington territory, serving 37,168 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Washington average instead of just this one utility? Washington's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.