Salem Electric, OR
Salem Electric's outage record
Outages at Salem Electric are uncommon. Oregon customers on this grid saw 0.1 interruptions in the most recent year on file, 6 minutes total - well under the national median. That is 98% less outage time than the Oregon state average of 4.3 hours a year.
How long a single Salem Electric outage runs
Outages here typically run short, about 56 minutes before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for Salem Electric
Most Salem Electric customers keep power almost all year. Serving 20,692 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
Where this number comes from
Salem Electric filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Oregon territory, serving 20,692 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Oregon is covered too: see Oregon's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.