San Isabel Electric Assn, Inc, CO
How often San Isabel Electric Assn, Inc goes out
San Isabel Electric Assn, Inc customers in Colorado had 0.8 interruptions last year, 87 minutes total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 68% less outage time than the Colorado state average of 4.6 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 1.8 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 26,649 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - San Isabel Electric Assn, Inc'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 a member-owned cooperative like San Isabel Electric Assn, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 26,649 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Colorado as a whole, across every utility that filed: Colorado's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.