Southside Electric Coop, Inc, VA
Power reliability at Southside Electric Coop, Inc
This is one of the least reliable grids on file. Virginia's Southside Electric Coop, Inc customers lost power 4.4 times in the most recent year, 35.4 hours in total. That is 360% more outage time than the Virginia state average of 7.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Southside Electric Coop, Inc looks like
A single outage here runs long, about 8 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 59,312 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Southside Electric Coop, Inc is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Southside Electric Coop, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 59,312 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Virginia average instead of just this one utility? Virginia's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.