San Diego Gas & Electric Co, CA
Power reliability at San Diego Gas & Electric Co
California's record with San Diego Gas & Electric Co: 0.5 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.2 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 62% less outage time than the California state average of 5.8 hours a year.
What a typical outage at San Diego Gas & Electric Co looks like
Outages here average 4 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 1,541,412 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - San Diego Gas & Electric Co's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like San Diego Gas & Electric Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 1,541,412 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See California as a whole, across every utility that filed: California's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.