Rita Blanca Electric Coop, Inc, TX
How often Rita Blanca Electric Coop, Inc goes out
This is one of the least reliable grids on file. Texas's Rita Blanca Electric Coop, Inc customers lost power 4.1 times in the most recent year, 14.8 hours in total. That is 294% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
3.6 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 Rita Blanca Electric Coop, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 1,751 customers here, Rita Blanca Electric Coop, Inc 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.
The source behind this number
Rita Blanca Electric Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Texas territory, serving 1,751 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Texas average instead of just this one utility? Texas's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.