Southern Rivers Energy, GA
Southern Rivers Energy's outage record
Southern Rivers Energy customers in Georgia are among the worst-served in the country: 3.6 outages last year, 12.9 hours without power in total. That is 187% more outage time than the Georgia state average of 4.5 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here average 3.6 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Southern Rivers Energy
Serving 21,757 customers here, Southern Rivers Energy is among the least reliable grids in the country on file. You should get a generator here; going without one means betting against the grid's own filed history.
The source behind this number
Southern Rivers Energy filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Georgia territory, serving 21,757 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Georgia is covered too: see Georgia's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.