Taylor Electric Coop Inc, TX
How often Taylor Electric Coop Inc goes out
This grid runs rougher than most of the country: Taylor Electric Coop Inc's Texas customers saw 3.5 interruptions and 6.1 hours without power in the most recent year on file. That is 62% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Taylor Electric Coop Inc looks like
A single outage here averages 1.7 hours. 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 Taylor Electric Coop Inc customers need a generator
Serving 21,359 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Taylor Electric Coop Inc's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Taylor Electric Coop Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 21,359 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.