Town of Braintree, MA
How often Town of Braintree goes out
Massachusetts's record with Town of Braintree: 1.3 outages in the most recent filing year, 72 minutes without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 41% less outage time than the Massachusetts state average of 2 hours a year.
How long a single Town of Braintree outage runs
A single outage here averages 56 minutes. 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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 16,623 customers here, Outages at Town of Braintree run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
The source behind this number
Town of Braintree filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Massachusetts territory, serving 16,623 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Massachusetts average instead of just this one utility? Massachusetts's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.