Sumter Electric Member Corp, GA
Power reliability at Sumter Electric Member Corp
Sumter Electric Member Corp customers in Georgia had 0 interruptions last year, 2.7 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 41% less outage time than the Georgia state average of 4.5 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
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. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for Sumter Electric Member Corp
Serving 21,500 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Sumter Electric Member Corp's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Sumter Electric Member Corp files with federal regulators every year - serving 21,500 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Georgia average instead of just this one utility? Georgia's statewide record is here. Storm days are counted in - here is why.