Southwest Louisiana E M C, LA
How often Southwest Louisiana E M C goes out
Southwest Louisiana E M C customers in Louisiana had 2.7 interruptions last year, 3.9 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.4×. That is 13% less outage time than the Louisiana state average of 4.4 hours a year.
How long a single Southwest Louisiana E M C outage runs
A single outage here averages 87 minutes. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Southwest Louisiana E M C customers need a generator
Serving 118,812 customers here, Southwest Louisiana E M C customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
How Southwest Louisiana E M C's record was measured
Southwest Louisiana E M C filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Louisiana territory, serving 118,812 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Louisiana is covered too: see Louisiana's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.