Southwest Arkansas E C C, AR
Power reliability at Southwest Arkansas E C C
Southwest Arkansas E C C customers in Arkansas lost power 2 times last year, 7.8 hours total - well above the national norm for outage time. That is close to the Arkansas state average of 7.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Southwest Arkansas E C C looks like
A single outage here runs long, about 3.8 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Southwest Arkansas E C C customers need a generator
Serving 29,491 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Southwest Arkansas E C C's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Southwest Arkansas E C C files with federal regulators every year - serving 29,491 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Arkansas average instead of just this one utility? Arkansas's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.