Tipmont Rural Elec Member Corp, IN
How often Tipmont Rural Elec Member Corp goes out
Indiana's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 1.8 outages from Tipmont Rural Elec Member Corp in the most recent year, 3.6 hours total. That is 37% less outage time than the Indiana state average of 5.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Tipmont Rural Elec Member Corp looks like
At an average of 2 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Tipmont Rural Elec Member Corp
Serving 32,292 customers here, Tipmont Rural Elec Member Corp customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
The source behind this number
Tipmont Rural Elec Member Corp filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Indiana territory, serving 32,292 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Indiana average instead of just this one utility? Indiana's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.