Rockland Electric Co, NJ
How often Rockland Electric Co goes out
Rockland Electric Co customers in New Jersey had 1.3 interruptions last year, 2.4 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 7% less outage time than the New Jersey state average of 2.6 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Rockland Electric Co looks like
Outages here typically run short, about 1.9 hours before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Rockland Electric Co customers need a generator
Serving 73,319 customers here, Outages at Rockland Electric Co 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
Rockland Electric Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire New Jersey territory, serving 73,319 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the New Jersey average instead of just this one utility? New Jersey's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.