Runestone Electric Assn, MN
Power reliability at Runestone Electric Assn
Power from Runestone Electric Assn went out 1.6 times last year across its Minnesota territory, 2.3 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 26% less outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Runestone Electric Assn looks like
At an average of 86 minutes per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 15,376 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Runestone Electric Assn's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
How Runestone Electric Assn's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Runestone Electric Assn files with federal regulators every year - serving 15,376 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Minnesota is covered too: see Minnesota's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.