Southwestern Electric Power Co, TX
Power reliability at Southwestern Electric Power Co
Southwestern Electric Power Co customers in Texas lost power 3 times last year, 7.8 hours total - well above the national norm for outage time. That is 108% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
How long a single Southwestern Electric Power Co outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.6 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 192,887 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Southwestern Electric Power Co's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Southwestern Electric Power Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 192,887 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Texas is covered too: see Texas's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.