Southern Pioneer Electric Company, KS
How often Southern Pioneer Electric Company goes out
Southern Pioneer Electric Company customers in Kansas had 1.8 interruptions last year, 2.4 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 26% less outage time than the Kansas state average of 3.3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here typically run short, about 80 minutes before power is back - a battery power station or small portable generator should cover the essentials through most of them. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 17,047 customers here, Outages at Southern Pioneer Electric Company 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.
How Southern Pioneer Electric Company's record was measured
Southern Pioneer Electric Company filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Kansas territory, serving 17,047 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Kansas average instead of just this one utility? Kansas's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.