Three Rivers Electric Coop, MO
How often Three Rivers Electric Coop goes out
Missouri's record with Three Rivers Electric Coop: 1 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.2 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 65% less outage time than the Missouri state average of 6.2 hours a year.
How long a single Three Rivers Electric Coop outage runs
A typical outage here runs about 2.1 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. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Three Rivers Electric Coop customers need a generator
Serving 24,579.6 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Three Rivers Electric Coop's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Three Rivers Electric Coop files with federal regulators every year - serving 24,579.6 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Missouri as a whole, across every utility that filed: Missouri's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.