Town of High Point, NC
How often Town of High Point goes out
Power from Town of High Point went out 1.4 times last year across its North Carolina territory, 1.8 hours in total - a little steadier than most of the country. That is 45% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 78 minutes 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 Town of High Point
Serving 44,670 customers here, Outages at Town of High Point 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.
How Town of High Point's record was measured
Town of High Point filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Carolina territory, serving 44,670 customers here, not a single street or outage. See North Carolina as a whole, across every utility that filed: North Carolina's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.