Shelby Energy Coop, Inc, KY
Power reliability at Shelby Energy Coop, Inc
1.9 separate outages last year, 4.1 hours without power in total - that is Shelby Energy Coop, Inc's record for Kentucky, running ahead of the national median. That is 40% less outage time than the Kentucky state average of 6.8 hours a year.
How long a single Shelby Energy Coop, Inc outage runs
Outages here average 2.2 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 18,640 customers here, Shelby Energy Coop, Inc customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
The source behind this number
Shelby Energy Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Kentucky territory, serving 18,640 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Kentucky is covered too: see Kentucky's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.