Semo Electric Cooperative, MO
Semo Electric Cooperative's outage record
This is one of the least reliable grids on file. Missouri's Semo Electric Cooperative customers lost power 2.6 times in the most recent year, 13.7 hours in total. That is 123% more outage time than the Missouri state average of 6.2 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here runs long, about 5.3 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Semo Electric Cooperative customers need a generator
Serving 16,284 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Semo Electric Cooperative is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Semo Electric Cooperative files with federal regulators every year - serving 16,284 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Missouri as a whole, across every utility that filed: Missouri's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.