Taylor County Rural E C C, KY
Power reliability at Taylor County Rural E C C
7.6 hours without power across 2.6 outages last year - Taylor County Rural E C C's Kentucky customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 12% more outage time than the Kentucky state average of 6.8 hours a year.
How long a single Taylor County Rural E C C outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.9 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. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Taylor County Rural E C C
Serving 28,162 customers here, Outages at Taylor County Rural E C C run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
The source behind this number
Taylor County Rural E C C filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Kentucky territory, serving 28,162 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Kentucky average instead of just this one utility? Kentucky's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.