South River Elec Member Corp, NC
Power reliability at South River Elec Member Corp
Power from South River Elec Member Corp went out 0 times last year across its North Carolina territory, 1.8 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 46% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at South River Elec Member Corp looks like
This utility did not file enough detail to say how long a typical outage runs here, so there is no basis yet for which kind of backup fits best. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for South River Elec Member Corp
Serving 49,067 customers here, Outages at South River Elec Member Corp run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
The source behind this number
South River Elec Member Corp filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Carolina territory, serving 49,067 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in North Carolina is covered too: see North Carolina's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.