Shakopee Public Utilities Comm, MN
Power reliability at Shakopee Public Utilities Comm
Shakopee Public Utilities Comm customers in Minnesota rarely lose power at all: 0.2 interruptions last year, adding up to just 13 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 93% less outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here averages 81 minutes. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Shakopee Public Utilities Comm customers need a generator
Most Shakopee Public Utilities Comm customers keep power almost all year. Serving 21,002 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
Where this number comes from
Shakopee Public Utilities Comm filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Minnesota territory, serving 21,002 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Minnesota average instead of just this one utility? Minnesota's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.