Town of Apex, NC
Town of Apex's outage record
Town of Apex customers in North Carolina rarely lose power at all: 0.3 interruptions last year, adding up to just 45 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 77% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A typical outage here runs about 2.5 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 Town of Apex customers need a generator
Serving 32,458 customers here, With a record this steady, Town of Apex customers rarely have a reason to shop for a backup generator at all.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a municipally-owned utility like Town of Apex files with federal regulators every year - serving 32,458 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in North Carolina is covered too: see North Carolina's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.