Steuben County Rural E M C, IN
How often Steuben County Rural E M C goes out
Steuben County Rural E M C customers in Indiana are among the worst-served in the country: 0 outages last year, 13.4 hours without power in total. That is 132% more outage time than the Indiana state average of 5.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Steuben County Rural E M C looks like
This utility did not file enough detail to say how long a typical outage runs here, so there is no basis yet for which kind of backup fits best. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Steuben County Rural E M C
Serving 10,770 customers here, Steuben County Rural E M C 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.
How Steuben County Rural E M C's record was measured
Steuben County Rural E M C filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Indiana territory, serving 10,770 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Indiana average instead of just this one utility? Indiana's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.