San Luis Valley R E C, Inc, CO
San Luis Valley R E C, Inc's outage record
San Luis Valley R E C, Inc customers in Colorado had 1.5 interruptions last year, 2.5 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 45% less outage time than the Colorado state average of 4.6 hours a year.
What a typical outage at San Luis Valley R E C, Inc looks like
At an average of 1.7 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.
Do San Luis Valley R E C, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 13,091 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - San Luis Valley R E C, 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 Luis Valley R E C, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 13,091 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.