Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC), NC
How often Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC) goes out
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC) customers in North Carolina had 0.7 interruptions last year, 89 minutes total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 55% less outage time than the North Carolina state average of 3.3 hours a year.
How long a single Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC) outage runs
2.3 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 27,418 customers here, Outages at Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC) 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.
Where this number comes from
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC) filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Carolina territory, serving 27,418 customers here, not a single street or outage. See North Carolina as a whole, across every utility that filed: North Carolina's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.