Rochester Public Utilities, MN
Power reliability at Rochester Public Utilities
Rochester Public Utilities customers in Minnesota rarely lose power at all: 0.6 interruptions last year, adding up to just 33 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 82% less outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here averages 60 minutes. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Most Rochester Public Utilities customers keep power almost all year. Serving 58,981 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
How Rochester Public Utilities's record was measured
Rochester Public Utilities filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Minnesota territory, serving 58,981 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Minnesota is covered too: see Minnesota's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.