Sacramento Municipal Util Dist, CA
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist's outage record
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist customers in California rarely lose power at all: 0.9 interruptions last year, adding up to just 50 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 86% less outage time than the California state average of 5.8 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Sacramento Municipal Util Dist looks like
A single outage here averages 57 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
Serving 677,917 customers here, With a record this steady, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
How Sacramento Municipal Util Dist's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a political-subdivision utility like Sacramento Municipal Util Dist files with federal regulators every year - serving 677,917 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in California is covered too: see California's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.