Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL), IL
How often Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) goes out
Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) customers in Illinois had 1.6 interruptions last year, 2.2 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 9% less outage time than the Illinois state average of 2.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) looks like
At an average of 80 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.
Do Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) customers need a generator
Serving 16,715 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL)'s record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) files with federal regulators every year - serving 16,715 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Illinois is covered too: see Illinois's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.